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44 .Nd call the conversation function
49 .In security/pam_appl.h
51 .Fn pam_vprompt "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "int style" "char **resp" "const char *fmt" "va_list ap"
55 function constructs a string from the
61 and passes it to the given PAM context's
62 conversation function.
66 argument specifies the type of interaction requested, and
67 must be one of the following:
69 .It Dv PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_OFF
70 Display the message and obtain the user's response without
72 .It Dv PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_ON
73 Display the message and obtain the user's response.
75 Display the message as an error message, and do not wait
78 Display the message as an informational message, and do
79 not wait for a response.
82 A pointer to the response, or
84 if the conversation function did
85 not return one, is stored in the location pointed to by the
89 The message and response should not exceed
92 .Dv PAM_MAX_RESP_SIZE ,
94 If they do, they may be truncated.
98 function returns one of the following values:
100 .It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
102 .It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
103 Conversation failure.
104 .It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
119 function is an OpenPAM extension.
123 function and this manual page were developed for the
125 Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
126 Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
127 DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
129 as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.