PAM_ERROR(3) Linux-PAM Manual PAM_ERROR(3)NAME
pam_error, pam_verror - display error messages to the user
SYNOPSIS
#include <security/pam_ext.h>
int pam_error(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, ...);
int pam_verror(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, va_list args);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_error function prints error messages through the conversation function to the user.
The pam_verror function performs the same task as pam_error() 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
Error message was displayed.
PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
System error.
SEE ALSO pam_info(3), pam_vinfo(3), pam_prompt(3), pam_vprompt(3), pam(7)STANDARDS
The pam_error and pam_verror functions are Linux-PAM extensions.
Linux-PAM Manual 06/04/2011 PAM_ERROR(3)
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PAM_ERROR(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PAM_ERROR(3)NAME
pam_error -- display an error message
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_error(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, ...);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_error function displays an error message through the intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_error function returns one of the following values:
[PAM_BUF_ERR] Memory buffer error.
[PAM_CONV_ERR] Conversation failure.
[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] System error.
SEE ALSO pam(3), pam_info(3), pam_prompt(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_verror(3)STANDARDS
The pam_error function is an OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
The pam_error function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (``CBOSS''), as part of the DARPA CHATS
research program.
BSD December 18, 2011 BSD
Hi,
I have CVSNT installed on my Linux machine and sometimes the server goes down with the following error in /var/log/messages. Does anyone know the approach that need to followed to investigate to resolve the same. If so , please let me know.
Nov 23 05:57:43 <server ip> cvsnt(pam_unix):... (7 Replies)