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.Dd May 24, 2002
.Dt OPENPAM_TTYCONV 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm openpam_ttyconv
.Nd simple tty-based conversation function
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libpam
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In security/pam_appl.h
.In security/openpam.h
.Ft int
.Fn openpam_ttyconv "int n" "const struct pam_message **msg" "struct pam_response **resp" "void *data"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
function is a standard conversation function
suitable for use on TTY devices.  It should be adequate for the needs
of most text-based interactive programs.
.Pp
The
.Nm
function allows the application to specify a
timeout for user input by setting the global variable
.Va openpam_ttyconv_timeout
to the length of the timeout in seconds.
.Pp
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Nm
function returns one of the following values:
.Bl -tag -width 18n
.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
Memory buffer error.
.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
Conversation failure.
.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
System error.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr openpam_nullconv 3 ,
.Xr pam 3 ,
.Xr pam_prompt 3 ,
.Xr pam_strerror 3 ,
.Xr pam_vprompt 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
function is an OpenPAM extension.
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project
by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
Associates, Inc.  under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.