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3.Dd February 19, 2017
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.Ft "int"
13.Fn pam_info "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "..."
14.Sh DESCRIPTION
15The
16.Fn pam_info
17function displays an informational message through the
18intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function.
19.Pp
20.Sh RETURN VALUES
21The
22.Fn pam_info
23function returns one of the following values:
24.Bl -tag -width 18n
25.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
26Memory buffer error.
27.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
28Conversation failure.
29.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
30System error.
31.El
32.Sh SEE ALSO
33.Xr pam 3 ,
34.Xr pam_error 3 ,
35.Xr pam_prompt 3 ,
36.Xr pam_strerror 3 ,
37.Xr pam_vinfo 3
38.Sh STANDARDS
39The
40.Fn pam_info
41function is an OpenPAM extension.
42.Sh AUTHORS
43The
44.Fn pam_info
45function and this manual page were
46developed for the
47.Fx
48Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
49Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
50DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
51.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
52as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
53.Pp
54The OpenPAM library is maintained by
55.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no .
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