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1.\" Generated from pam_info.c by gendoc.pl
2.Dd June 27, 2023
3.Dt PAM_INFO 3
4.Os
5.Sh NAME
6.Nm pam_info
7.Nd display an information message
8.Sh SYNOPSIS
9.In sys/types.h
10.In security/pam_appl.h
11.Ft "int"
12.Fn pam_info "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "..."
13.Sh DESCRIPTION
14The
15.Fn pam_info
16function displays an informational message through the
17intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function.
18.Pp
19.Sh RETURN VALUES
20The
21.Fn pam_info
22function returns one of the following values:
23.Bl -tag -width 18n
24.It Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS
25Success.
26.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
27Memory buffer error.
28.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
29Conversation failure.
30.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
31System error.
32.El
33.Sh SEE ALSO
34.Xr pam 3 ,
35.Xr pam_error 3 ,
36.Xr pam_prompt 3 ,
37.Xr pam_strerror 3 ,
38.Xr pam_vinfo 3
39.Sh STANDARDS
40The
41.Fn pam_info
42function is an OpenPAM extension.
43.Sh AUTHORS
44The
45.Fn pam_info
46function and this manual page were
47developed for the
48.Fx
49Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
50Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
51DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
52.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
53as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
54.Pp
55The OpenPAM library is maintained by
56.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no .
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