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3.Dd September 12, 2014
4.Dt PAM_INFO 3
5.Os
6.Sh NAME
7.Nm pam_info
8.Nd display an information message
9.Sh LIBRARY
10.Lb libpam
11.Sh SYNOPSIS
12.In sys/types.h
13.In security/pam_appl.h
14.Ft "int"
15.Fn pam_info "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "..."
16.Sh DESCRIPTION
17The
18.Fn pam_info
19function displays an informational message through the
20intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function.
21.Pp
22.Sh RETURN VALUES
23The
24.Fn pam_info
25function returns one of the following values:
26.Bl -tag -width 18n
27.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
28Memory buffer error.
29.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
30Conversation failure.
31.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
32System error.
33.El
34.Sh SEE ALSO
35.Xr pam 3 ,
36.Xr pam_error 3 ,
37.Xr pam_prompt 3 ,
38.Xr pam_strerror 3 ,
39.Xr pam_vinfo 3
40.Sh STANDARDS
41The
42.Fn pam_info
43function is an OpenPAM extension.
44.Sh AUTHORS
45The
46.Fn pam_info
47function and this manual page were
48developed for the
49.Fx
50Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
51Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
52DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
53.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
54as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
55.Pp
56The OpenPAM library is maintained by
57.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@des.no .
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