OPENPAM_TTYCONV(3)

🌸 NAME 🌸

openpam_ttyconv — simple tty-based conversation function. This is the OPENPAM_TTYCONV(3) page from the Library Functions Manual, bestie, and it's giving "let's talk to the terminal" energy. 💅

✨ 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 💖

Okay so openpam_ttyconv() is a standard conversation function suitable for use on TTY devices. It should be adequate for the needs of most text-based interactive programs — like, it's the reliable bestie for terminal chats. 🫶

The openpam_ttyconv() function lets the application specify a timeout for user input by setting the global integer variable openpam_ttyconv_timeout to the length of the timeout in seconds. So yes, set that integer, and the timeout is in seconds — no cap. ⏳

🌈 RETURN VALUES 🌈

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

• PAM_SUCCESS — Success. iconic. 👑
• 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) — go read these too, bestie. 📚

⭐ STANDARDS ⭐

The openpam_ttyconv() function is an OpenPAM extension. periodt. ✨

🎀 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. That's a whole lot of lore, fr fr. 🧚

The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no>. Say hi to the maintainer! 💌

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Okay so that's the whole page, and this cutie came from Debian, dated June 27, 2023 — that's the source/version and date from the footer, folded into this little sign-off. bye bestie! 💖🎀✨