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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(8)

STANDARDS
The pam_info and pam_vinfo functions are Linux-PAM extensions.

Linux-PAM 05/07/2023 PAM_INFO(3)