Manual Pages  — OPENPAM_TTYCONV

openpam_ttyconv – simple tty-based conversation function

SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUES SEE ALSO STANDARDS AUTHORS

#include <sys/types.h>

#include <security/pam_appl.h>

#include <security/openpam.h>

int
openpam_ttyconv(int n, const struct pam_message **msg, struct pam_response **resp, void *data);

The openpam_ttyconv() function is a standard conversation function suitable for use on TTY devices. It should be adequate for the needs of most text-based interactive programs.

The openpam_ttyconv() function allows the application to specify a timeout for user input by setting the global integer variable openpam_ttyconv_timeout to the length of the timeout in seconds.

The openpam_ttyconv() function returns one of the following values:

[PAM_SUCCESS]
	Success.
[PAM_BUF_ERR]
	Memory buffer error.
[PAM_CONV_ERR]
	Conversation failure.
[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]
	System error.

The openpam_ttyconv() function is an OpenPAM extension.

The openpam_ttyconv() 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.amp; under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.

The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Sm/orgrav <Mt des@des.no>.