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42 .Nd call the conversation function
47 .In security/pam_appl.h
49 .Fn pam_prompt "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "int style" "char **resp" "const char *fmt" "..."
53 function constructs a message from the specified format
54 string and arguments and passes it to the given PAM context's
55 conversation function.
57 A pointer to the response, or
59 if the conversation function did
60 not return one, is stored in the location pointed to by the
71 function returns one of the following values:
75 .It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
77 .It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
89 function is an OpenPAM extension.
93 function and this manual page were developed for the
95 Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
96 Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
97 DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
99 as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.