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PAM_ERROR
Section: Linux-PAM Manual (3) Updated: 04/01/2016 Index
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NAME
pam_error, pam_verror - display error messages to the user
SYNOPSIS
#include <security/pam_ext.h>
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int pam_error(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, ...);
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int pam_verror(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, va_list args);
DESCRIPTION
The
pam_error
function prints error messages through the conversation function to the user.
The
pam_verror
function performs the same task as
pam_error()
with the difference that it takes a set of arguments which have been obtained using the
stdarg(3)
variable argument list macros.
RETURN VALUES
PAM_BUF_ERR
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Memory buffer error.
PAM_CONV_ERR
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Conversation failure.
PAM_SUCCESS
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Error message was displayed.
PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
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System error.
SEE ALSO
pam_info(3),
pam_vinfo(3),
pam_prompt(3),
pam_vprompt(3),
pam(8)
STANDARDS
The
pam_error
and
pam_verror
functions are Linux-PAM extensions.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUES
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- SEE ALSO
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- STANDARDS
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