NAME

openpam_ttyconv —

simple tty-based conversation function

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 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.

RETURN VALUES

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.

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 Smørgrav <des@des.no>.