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14 pam_error, pam_verror \- display error messages to the user
19 #include <security/pam_ext.h>
23 .BI "int pam_error(pam_handle_t\ *" "pamh" ", const\ char\ *" "fmt" ", " "..." ");"
25 .BI "int pam_verror(pam_handle_t\ *" "pamh" ", const\ char\ *" "fmt" ", va_list\ " "args" ");"
30 function prints error messages through the conversation function to the user.
34 function performs the same task as
36 with the difference that it takes a set of arguments which have been obtained using the
38 variable argument list macros.
48 Error message was displayed.
66 functions are Linux\-PAM extensions.