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pam_prompt, pam_vprompt - interface to conversation function
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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.
Name
pam_prompt, pam_vprompt - interface to conversation function
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.
Linux-PAM 07/03/2025 PAM_PROMPT(3)
Synopsis
#include<security/pam_ext.h>intpam_prompt(pam_handle_t*pamh,intstyle,char**response,constchar*fmt,...);intpam_vprompt(pam_handle_t*pamh,intstyle,char**response,constchar*fmt,va_listargs);
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