$Id: pam_prompt.c 648 2013-03-05 17:54:27Z des $
.Dd September 12, 2014 .Dt PAM_PROMPT 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pam_prompt .Nd call the conversation function .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libpam .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/types.h n security/pam_appl.h .Ft "int" .Fn pam_prompt "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "int style" "char **resp" "const char *fmt" "..." .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pam_prompt function constructs a message from the specified format string and arguments and passes it to the given PAM context's conversation function.
p A pointer to the response, or .Dv NULL if the conversation function did not return one, is stored in the location pointed to by the .Fa resp argument.
p See .Xr pam_vprompt 3 for further details.
p .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn pam_prompt function returns one of the following values: l -tag -width 18n t Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR Memory buffer error. t Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR Conversation failure. t Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR System error. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pam 3 , .Xr pam_error 3 , .Xr pam_info 3 , .Xr pam_strerror 3 , .Xr pam_vprompt 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn pam_prompt function is an OpenPAM extension. .Sh AUTHORS The .Fn pam_prompt function and this manual page were developed for the .Fx Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
q Dq CBOSS , as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
p The OpenPAM library is maintained by .An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@des.no .