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PAM_INFO(3)		 BSD Library Functions Manual		   PAM_INFO(3)

NAME
     pam_info -- display an information	message

LIBRARY
     Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

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

     int
     pam_info(const pam_handle_t *pamh,	const char *fmt, ...);

DESCRIPTION
     The pam_info() function displays an informational message through the in-
     termediary	of the given PAM context's conversation	function.

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

     [PAM_BUF_ERR]	 Memory	buffer error.

     [PAM_CONV_ERR]	 Conversation failure.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]	 System	error.

SEE ALSO
     pam(3), pam_error(3), pam_prompt(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_vinfo(3)

STANDARDS
     The pam_info() function is	an OpenPAM extension.

AUTHORS
     The pam_info() 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>.

BSD			      September	12, 2014			   BSD
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