openpam_nullconv(3) BSD Library Functions Manual openpam_nullconv(3)
NAME
openpam_nullconv -- null 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_nullconv(int n, const struct pam_message **msg,
struct pam_response **resp, void *data);
DESCRIPTION
The openpam_nullconv function is a null conversation function suitable
for applications that want to use PAM but don't support interactive dia-
log with the user. Such applications should set PAM_AUTHTOK to whatever
authentication token they've obtained on their own before calling
pam_authenticate(3) and / or pam_chauthtok(3), and their PAM configura-
tion should specify the use_first_pass option for all modules that
require access to the authentication token, to make sure they use
PAM_AUTHTOK rather than try to query the user.
RETURN VALUES
The openpam_nullconv function returns one of the following values:
[PAM_CONV_ERR] Conversation failure.
SEE ALSO
openpam_ttyconv(3), pam(3), pam_authenticate(3), pam_chauthtok(3),
pam_prompt(3), pam_set_item(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_vprompt(3)
STANDARDS
The openpam_nullconv function is an OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
The openpam_nullconv 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.
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