1.\" Generated from pam_vinfo.c by gendoc.pl 2.Dd June 27, 2023 3.Dt PAM_VINFO 3 4.Os 5.Sh NAME 6.Nm pam_vinfo 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_vinfo "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "va_list ap" 13.Sh DESCRIPTION 14The 15.Fn pam_vinfo 16function passes its arguments to 17.Xr pam_vprompt 3 18with a 19style argument of 20.Dv PAM_TEXT_INFO , 21and discards the response. 22.Pp 23.Sh RETURN VALUES 24The 25.Fn pam_vinfo 26function returns one of the following values: 27.Bl -tag -width 18n 28.It Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS 29Success. 30.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 31Memory buffer error. 32.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR 33Conversation failure. 34.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 35System error. 36.El 37.Sh SEE ALSO 38.Xr pam 3 , 39.Xr pam_info 3 , 40.Xr pam_strerror 3 , 41.Xr pam_verror 3 , 42.Xr pam_vprompt 3 43.Sh STANDARDS 44The 45.Fn pam_vinfo 46function is an OpenPAM extension. 47.Sh AUTHORS 48The 49.Fn pam_vinfo 50function and this manual page were 51developed for the 52.Fx 53Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 54Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 55DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 56.Pq Dq CBOSS , 57as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 58.Pp 59The OpenPAM library is maintained by 60.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 61