freebsd man page for pam_verror

PAM_VERROR(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 					     PAM_VERROR(3)

NAME
     pam_verror -- display an error message

LIBRARY
     Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

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

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

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

RETURN VALUES
     The pam_verror() function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_BUF_ERR]	 Memory buffer error.

     [PAM_CONV_ERR]	 Conversation failure.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]	 System error.

SEE ALSO
     pam(3), pam_error(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_vinfo(3), pam_vprompt(3)

STANDARDS
     The pam_verror() function is an OpenPAM extension.

AUTHORS
     The pam_verror() 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.

     The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@des.no>.

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