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36.Dd February 22, 2002
37.Dt PAM_VINFO 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm pam_vinfo
41.Nd display an information message
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libpam
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In security/pam_appl.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn pam_vinfo "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "va_list ap"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51function passes its arguments to
52.Xr pam_vprompt 3
53with a
54.Xr style 3
55argument of
56.Dv PAM_TEXT_INFO ,
57and discards the response.
58.Pp
59.Sh RETURN VALUES
60The
61.Nm
62function returns one of the following values:
63.Bl -tag -width 18n
64.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
65Memory buffer error.
66.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
67Conversation failure.
68.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
69System error.
70.El
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr 3 ,
73.Xr pam 3 ,
74.Xr pam_info 3 ,
75.Xr pam_strerror 3 ,
76.Xr pam_verror 3 ,
77.Xr pam_vprompt 3
78.Sh STANDARDS
79The
80.Nm
81function is an OpenPAM extension.
82.Sh AUTHORS
83The
84.Nm
85function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project
86by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
87Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
88.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
89as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.