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pam_error, pam_verror - display error messages to the user
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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.
Name
pam_error, pam_verror - display error messages to the user
Return Values
PAM_BUF_ERR
Memory buffer error.
PAM_CONV_ERR
Conversation failure.
PAM_SUCCESS
Error message was displayed.
PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
System error.
See Also
pam_info(3), pam_vinfo(3), pam_prompt(3), pam_vprompt(3), pam(7)
Standards
The pam_error and pam_verror functions are Linux-PAM extensions.
Linux-PAM 07/03/2025 PAM_ERROR(3)
Synopsis
#include<security/pam_ext.h>intpam_error(pam_handle_t*pamh,constchar*fmt,...);intpam_verror(pam_handle_t*pamh,constchar*fmt,va_listargs);
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