pam_info, pam_vinfo - display messages to the user

Description

The pam_info function prints messages through the conversation function to the user. The pam_vinfo function performs the same task as pam_info() with the difference that it takes a set of arguments which have been obtained using the stdarg(3) variable argument list macros.

Name

Return Values

PAM_BUF_ERR Memory buffer error. PAM_CONV_ERR Conversation failure. PAM_SUCCESS Transaction was successful created. PAM_SYSTEM_ERR System error.

Standards

The pam_info and pam_vinfo functions are Linux-PAM extensions. Linux-PAM 07/03/2025 PAM_INFO(3)

Synopsis

#include<security/pam_ext.h>intpam_info(pam_handle_t*pamh,constchar*fmt,...);intpam_vinfo(pam_handle_t*pamh,constchar*fmt,va_listargs);