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OPENPAM_TTYCONV(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual OPENPAM_TTYCONV(3) NAME openpam_ttyconv -- simple tty-based conversation function LIBRARY Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam) SYNOPSIS #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); DESCRIPTION The openpam_ttyconv() function is a standard conversation function suit- able 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 time- out for user input by setting the global integer variable openpam_ttyconv_timeout to the length of the timeout in seconds. RETURN VALUES The openpam_ttyconv() 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 openpam_nullconv(3), pam(3), pam_prompt(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_vprompt(3) STANDARDS The openpam_ttyconv() function is an OpenPAM extension. AUTHORS 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. 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 Smorgrav <des@des.no>. FreeBSD 11.1 September 12, 2014 FreeBSD 11.1
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