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OPENPAM_TTYCONV(3)	    Library Functions Manual	    OPENPAM_TTYCONV(3)

NAME
       openpam_ttyconv -- simple tty-based conversation	function

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<sys/types.h>
       #include	<security/pam_appl.h>
       #include	<security/openpam.h>

       int
       openpam_ttyconv(int     n,     const    struct	 pam_message	**msg,
	   struct pam_response **resp, void *data);

DESCRIPTION
       The openpam_ttyconv() 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.

       The openpam_ttyconv() function allows  the  application	to  specify  a
       timeout	 for  user  input  by  setting	the  global  integer  variable
       openpam_ttyconv_timeout to the length of	the timeout in seconds.

RETURN VALUES
       The openpam_ttyconv() function returns one of the following values:

       [PAM_SUCCESS]	   Success.

       [PAM_BUF_ERR]	   Memory buffer error.

       [PAM_CONV_ERR]	   Conversation	failure.

       [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]	   System error.

SEE ALSO
       openpam_nullconv(3),    pam(3),	   pam_prompt(3),     pam_strerror(3),
       pam_vprompt(3)

STANDARDS
       The openpam_ttyconv() function is an OpenPAM extension.

AUTHORS
       The  openpam_ttyconv() function and this	manual page were developed for
       the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories,
       the Security  Research  Division	 of  Network  Associates,  Inc.	 under
       DARPA/SPAWAR  contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA
       CHATS research program.

       The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smorgrav	<des@des.no>.

FreeBSD	14.3			 June 27, 2023		    OPENPAM_TTYCONV(3)

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