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44 .Nd simple tty-based conversation function
49 .In security/pam_appl.h
50 .In security/openpam.h
52 .Fn openpam_ttyconv "int n" "const struct pam_message **msg" "struct pam_response **resp" "void *data"
56 function is a standard conversation function
57 suitable for use on TTY devices.
58 It should be adequate for the needs of most text-based interactive
63 function displays a prompt to, and reads in a
64 password from /dev/tty. If this file is not accessible,
66 displays the prompt on the standard error output and reads from the
71 function allows the application to specify a
72 timeout for user input by setting the global integer variable
73 .Va openpam_ttyconv_timeout
74 to the length of the timeout in seconds.
79 function returns one of the following values:
83 .It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
85 .It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
90 .Xr openpam_nullconv 3 ,
98 function is an OpenPAM extension.
102 function and this manual page were developed for the
104 Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
105 Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
106 DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
108 as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.