December 21, 2007 PAM_PROMPT 3

### NAME

pam_prompt - call the conversation function

### LIBRARY

### SYNOPSIS

```int` pam_prompt(```const pam_handle_t *pamh``, int style``, char **resp``, const char *fmt``, ...`)

### DESCRIPTION

The pam_prompt function constructs a message from the specified format string and arguments and passes it to the given PAM context's conversation function.

A pointer to the response, or ```NULL` if the conversation function did not return one, is stored in the location pointed to by the ```resp` argument.

See pam_vprompt(3) for further details.

### RETURN VALUES

The pam_prompt 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_info(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_vprompt(3)

### STANDARDS

The pam_prompt function is an OpenPAM extension.

### AUTHORS

The pam_prompt 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.