NAME

       pam_info, pam_vinfo - display messages to the user

SYNOPSIS

       #include <security/pam_ext.h>

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

       int pam_vinfo(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, va_list args);

DESCRIPTION

       The pam_info function prints messages through the conversation function to the user.

       The pam_vinfo function performs the same task as pam_info() with the difference that it
       takes a set of arguments which have been obtained using the stdarg(3) variable argument
       list macros.

RETURN VALUES

       PAM_BUF_ERR
           Memory buffer error.

       PAM_CONV_ERR
           Conversation failure.

       PAM_SUCCESS
           Transaction was successful created.

       PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
           System error.

SEE ALSO

       pam(7)

STANDARDS

       The pam_info and pam_vinfo functions are Linux-PAM extensions.