1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Networks Associates Technology, Inc. 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and 6.\" NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. 7.\" under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), as part of the 8.\" DARPA CHATS research program. 9.\" 10.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 11.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 12.\" are met: 13.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 15.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 16.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 17.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 18.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote 19.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written 20.\" permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" $P4: //depot/projects/openpam/doc/man/pam_info.3#9 $ 35.\" 36.Dd March 7, 2002 37.Dt PAM_INFO 3 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm pam_info 41.Nd display an information message 42.Sh LIBRARY 43.Lb libpam 44.Sh SYNOPSIS 45.In security/pam_appl.h 46.Ft int 47.Fn pam_info "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "..." 48.Sh DESCRIPTION 49The 50.Nm 51function displays an informational message through the 52intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function. 53.Pp 54.Sh RETURN VALUES 55The 56.Nm 57function returns one of the following values: 58.Bl -tag -width 18n 59.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 60Memory buffer error. 61.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR 62Conversation failure. 63.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 64System error. 65.El 66.Sh SEE ALSO 67.Xr pam 3 , 68.Xr pam_error 3 , 69.Xr pam_prompt 3 , 70.Xr pam_strerror 3 , 71.Xr pam_vinfo 3 72.Sh STANDARDS 73The 74.Nm 75function is an OpenPAM extension. 76.Sh AUTHORS 77The 78.Nm 79function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project 80by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network 81Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 82.Pq Dq CBOSS , 83as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 84