December 21, 2007 PAM_VINFO 3

### NAME

pam_vinfo - display an information message

### LIBRARY

### SYNOPSIS

```int` pam_vinfo(```const pam_handle_t *pamh``, const char *fmt``, va_list ap`)

### DESCRIPTION

The pam_vinfo function passes its arguments to pam_vprompt(3) with a style argument of ```PAM_TEXT_INFO`, and discards the response.

### RETURN VALUES

The pam_vinfo 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_info(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_verror(3), pam_vprompt(3)

### STANDARDS

The pam_vinfo function is an OpenPAM extension.

### AUTHORS

The pam_vinfo 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.