pam_error

pam_error, pam_verror - display error messages to the user

#include <security/pam_ext.h>

I int pam_error(pam_handle_t * pamh , const char * fmt , ... );

I int pam_verror(pam_handle_t * pamh , const char * fmt , va_list  args );

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.

PAM_BUF_ERR

PAM_CONV_ERR

PAM_SUCCESS

PAM_SYSTEM_ERR

pam_info(3), pam_vinfo(3), pam_prompt(3), pam_vprompt(3), pam(8)

The pam_error and pam_verror functions are Linux-PAM extensions.