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3.Dd February 24, 2019
4.Dt PAM_INFO 3
5.Os
6.Sh NAME
7.Nm pam_info
8.Nd display an information message
9.Sh SYNOPSIS
10.In sys/types.h
11.In security/pam_appl.h
12.In security/openpam.h
13.Ft "int"
14.Fn pam_info "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "..."
15.Sh DESCRIPTION
16The
17.Fn pam_info
18function displays an informational message through the
19intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function.
20.Pp
21.Sh RETURN VALUES
22The
23.Fn pam_info
24function returns one of the following values:
25.Bl -tag -width 18n
26.It Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS
27Success.
28.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
29Memory buffer error.
30.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
31Conversation failure.
32.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
33System error.
34.El
35.Sh SEE ALSO
36.Xr pam 3 ,
37.Xr pam_error 3 ,
38.Xr pam_prompt 3 ,
39.Xr pam_strerror 3 ,
40.Xr pam_vinfo 3
41.Sh STANDARDS
42The
43.Fn pam_info
44function is an OpenPAM extension.
45.Sh AUTHORS
46The
47.Fn pam_info
48function and this manual page were
49developed for the
50.Fx
51Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
52Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
53DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
54.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
55as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
56.Pp
57The OpenPAM library is maintained by
58.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no .
59