Man page - pam_vprompt(3)

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PAM_PROMPT

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUES
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS

NAME

pam_prompt, pam_vprompt - interface to conversation function

SYNOPSIS

#include <security/pam_ext.h>

int pam_prompt(pam_handle_tĀ * pamh , int style , charĀ ** response , constĀ charĀ * fmt , ... );

int pam_vprompt(pam_handle_tĀ * pamh , int style , charĀ ** response , constĀ charĀ * fmt , va_list args );

DESCRIPTION

The pam_prompt function constructs a message from the specified format string and arguments and passes it to the conversation function as set by the service. Upon successful return, response is set to point to a string returned from the conversation function. This string is allocated on heap and should be freed.

RETURN VALUES

PAM_BUF_ERR

Memory buffer error.

PAM_CONV_ERR

Conversation failure.

PAM_SUCCESS

Conversation succeeded, response is set.

PAM_SYSTEM_ERR

System error.

SEE ALSO

pam (7), pam_conv (3)

STANDARDS

The pam_prompt and pam_vprompt functions are Linux-PAM extensions.