December 21, 2007 PAM_ERROR 3

### NAME

pam_error - display an error message

### LIBRARY

### SYNOPSIS

```int` pam_error(```const pam_handle_t *pamh``, const char *fmt``, ...`)

### DESCRIPTION

The pam_error function displays an error message through the intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function.

### RETURN VALUES

The pam_error 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_prompt(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_verror(3)

### STANDARDS

The pam_error function is an OpenPAM extension.

### AUTHORS

The pam_error 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.