1.\" Generated from pam_prompt.c by gendoc.pl 2.\" $OpenPAM: pam_prompt.c 938 2017-04-30 21:34:42Z des $ 3.Dd April 30, 2017 4.Dt PAM_PROMPT 3 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm pam_prompt 8.Nd call the conversation function 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10.In sys/types.h 11.In security/openpam.h 12.Ft "int" 13.Fn pam_prompt "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "int style" "char **resp" "const char *fmt" "..." 14.Sh DESCRIPTION 15The 16.Fn pam_prompt 17function constructs a message from the specified format 18string and arguments and passes it to the given PAM context's 19conversation function. 20.Pp 21A pointer to the response, or 22.Dv NULL 23if the conversation function did 24not return one, is stored in the location pointed to by the 25.Fa resp 26argument. 27.Pp 28See 29.Xr pam_vprompt 3 30for further details. 31.Pp 32.Sh RETURN VALUES 33The 34.Fn pam_prompt 35function returns one of the following values: 36.Bl -tag -width 18n 37.It Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS 38Success. 39.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 40Memory buffer error. 41.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR 42Conversation failure. 43.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 44System error. 45.El 46.Sh SEE ALSO 47.Xr pam 3 , 48.Xr pam_error 3 , 49.Xr pam_info 3 , 50.Xr pam_strerror 3 , 51.Xr pam_vprompt 3 52.Sh STANDARDS 53The 54.Fn pam_prompt 55function is an OpenPAM extension. 56.Sh AUTHORS 57The 58.Fn pam_prompt 59function and this manual page were 60developed for the 61.Fx 62Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 63Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 64DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 65.Pq Dq CBOSS , 66as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 67.Pp 68The OpenPAM library is maintained by 69.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 70