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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 Se-
     curity  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.dev>.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  May 31, 2025		      OPENPAM_TTYCONV(3)

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