PAM_VINFO(3) Library Functions Manual PAM_VINFO(3)

pam_vinfodisplay an information message

Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>

int
pam_vinfo(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, va_list ap);

The pam_vinfo function passes its arguments to pam_vprompt(3) with a style argument of PAM_TEXT_INFO, and discards the response.

The pam_vinfo function returns one of the following values:

[PAM_BUF_ERR]
Memory buffer error.
[PAM_CONV_ERR]
Conversation failure.
[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]
System error.

pam(3), pam_info(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_verror(3), pam_vprompt(3)

The pam_vinfo function is an OpenPAM extension.

The pam_vinfo function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (“CBOSS”), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.

December 21, 2007 macOS 15.2