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Daniel Baumann 82f0236850
Adding upstream version 1.7.0.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
2025-06-21 06:53:43 +02:00

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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="pam_prompt">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>pam_prompt</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="source">Linux-PAM</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="manual">Linux-PAM Manual</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv xml:id="pam_prompt-name">
<refname>pam_prompt</refname>
<refname>pam_vprompt</refname>
<refpurpose>interface to conversation function</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<!-- body begins here -->
<refsynopsisdiv xml:id="pam_prompt-synopsis">
<funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;security/pam_ext.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>pam_prompt</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>pam_handle_t *<parameter>pamh</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>int <parameter>style</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>char **<parameter>response</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>const char *<parameter>fmt</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef><parameter>...</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>pam_vprompt</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>pam_handle_t *<parameter>pamh</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>int <parameter>style</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>char **<parameter>response</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>const char *<parameter>fmt</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>va_list <parameter>args</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 xml:id="pam_prompt-description">
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
The <function>pam_prompt</function> function constructs a message
from the specified format string and arguments and passes it to the
conversation function as set by the service. Upon successful return,
<emphasis>response</emphasis> is set to point to a string
returned from the conversation function. This string is allocated
on heap and should be freed.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 xml:id="pam_prompt-return_values">
<title>RETURN VALUES</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>PAM_BUF_ERR</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Memory buffer error.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>PAM_CONV_ERR</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Conversation failure.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>PAM_SUCCESS</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Conversation succeeded, response is set.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>PAM_SYSTEM_ERR</term>
<listitem>
<para>
System error.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 xml:id="pam_prompt-see_also">
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>pam_conv</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 xml:id="pam_prompt-standards">
<title>STANDARDS</title>
<para>
The <function>pam_prompt</function> and <function>pam_vprompt</function>
functions are Linux-PAM extensions.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>