Name

pam_prompt, pam_vprompt — interface to conversation function

Synopsis

#include <security/pam_ext.h>
void pam_prompt( pam_handle_t *pamh,
  int style,
  char **response,
  const char *fmt,
  ...);
 
void pam_vprompt( pam_handle_t *pamh,
  int style,
  char **response,
  const char *fmt,
  va_list args);
 

DESCRIPTION

The pam_prompt function constructs a message from the specified format string and arguments and passes it to the conversation function as set by the service. Upon successful return, response is set to point to a string returned from the conversation function. This string is allocated on heap and should be freed.

RETURN VALUES

PAM_BUF_ERR

Memory buffer error.

PAM_CONV_ERR

Conversation failure.

PAM_SUCCESS

Transaction was successful created.

PAM_SYSTEM_ERR

System error.

SEE ALSO

pam(8), pam_conv(3)

STANDARDS

The pam_prompt and pam_vprompt functions are Linux-PAM extensions.

See Linux-PAM copyright notice for more information.