1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 Networks Associates Technology, Inc. 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and 6.\" Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of 7.\" Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 8.\" ("CBOSS"), as part of the 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.\" $P4$ 35.\" 36.Dd February 10, 2004 37.Dt PAM_VERROR 3 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm pam_verror 41.Nd display an error message 42.Sh LIBRARY 43.Lb libpam 44.Sh SYNOPSIS 45.In sys/types.h 46.In security/pam_appl.h 47.Ft "int" 48.Fn pam_verror "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "va_list ap" 49.Sh DESCRIPTION 50The 51.Nm 52function passes its arguments to 53.Xr pam_vprompt 3 54with a 55style argument of 56.Dv PAM_ERROR_MSG , 57and discards the response. 58.Pp 59.Sh RETURN VALUES 60The 61.Nm 62function returns one of the following values: 63.Bl -tag -width 18n 64.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 65Memory buffer error. 66.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR 67Conversation failure. 68.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 69System error. 70.El 71.Sh SEE ALSO 72.Xr pam 3 , 73.Xr pam_error 3 , 74.Xr pam_strerror 3 , 75.Xr pam_vinfo 3 , 76.Xr pam_vprompt 3 77.Sh STANDARDS 78The 79.Nm 80function is an OpenPAM extension. 81.Sh AUTHORS 82The 83.Nm 84function and this manual page were developed for the 85.Fx 86Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 87Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under 88DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 89.Pq Dq CBOSS , 90as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 91