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diff --git a/contrib/openpam/doc/man/pam_conv.3 b/contrib/openpam/doc/man/pam_conv.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..00dc572 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/openpam/doc/man/pam_conv.3 @@ -0,0 +1,182 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Networks Associates Technology, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This software was 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. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote +.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written +.\" permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $P4: //depot/projects/openpam/doc/man/pam_conv.3#2 $ +.\" +.Dd May 27, 2002 +.Dt PAM_CONV 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pam_conv +.Nd PAM conversation system +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libpam +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In security/pam_appl.h +.Bd -literal +struct pam_message { + int msg_style; + char *msg; +}; + +struct pam_response { + char *resp; + int resp_retcode; +}; + +struct pam_conv { + int (*conv)(int, const struct pam_message **, + struct pam_response **, void *); + void *appdata_ptr; +}; +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The PAM library uses an application-defined callback to communicate +with the user. +This callback is specified by the +.Vt struct pam_conv +passed to +.Fn pam_start +at the start of the transaction. +It is also possible to set or change the conversation function at any +point during a PAM transaction by changing the value of the +.Dv PAM_CONV +item. +.Pp +The conversation function's first argument specifies the number of +messages (up to +.Dv PAM_NUM_MSG ) +to process. +The second argument is a pointer to a contiguous array of +.Vt struct pam_message +containing the actual messages. +.Pp +Each message can have one of four types, specified by the +.Va msg_style +member of +.Vt struct pam_message : +.Bl -tag -width 18n +.It Dv PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_OFF +Display a prompt and accept the user's response without echoing it to +the terminal. +This is commonly used for passwords. +.It Dv PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_ON +Display a prompt and accept the user's response, echoing it to the +terminal. +This is commonly used for login names and one-time passphrases. +.It Dv PAM_ERROR_MSG +Display an error message. +.It Dv PAM_TEXT_INFO +Display an informational message. +.El +.Pp +In each case, the prompt or message to display is pointed to by the +.Va msg +member of +.Vt struct pam_message . +It can be up to +.Dv PAM_MAX_MSG_SIZE +characters long, including the terminating NUL. +.Pp +On success, the conversation function should allocate and fill a +contiguous array of +.Vt struct pam_response , +one for each message that was passed in. +A pointer to the user's response to each message (or +.Dv NULL +in the case of informational or error messages) should be stored in +the +.Va resp +member of the corresponding +.Vt struct pam_response . +Each response can be up to +.Dv PAM_MAX_RESP_SIZE +characters long, including the terminating NUL. +.Pp +The +.Va resp_retcode +member of +.Vt struct pam_response +is unused and should be set to zero. +.Pp +The conversation function should store a pointer to this array in the +location pointed to by its third argument. +It is the caller's responsibility to release both this array and the +responses themselves, using +.Xr free 3 . +It is the conversation function's responsibility to ensure that it is +legal to do so. +.Pp +The +.Va appdata_ptr +member of +.Vt struct pam_conv +is passed unmodified to the conversation function as its fourth and +final argument. +.Pp +On failure, the conversation function should release any resources it +has allocated, and return one of the predefined PAM error codes. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The conversation function should return one of the following values: +.Bl -tag -width 18n +.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR +Memory buffer error. +.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR +Conversation failure. +.It Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS +Success. +.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR +System error. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr openpam_ttyconv 3 , +.Xr openpam_nullconv 3 , +.Xr pam 3 , +.Xr pam_error 3 , +.Xr pam_get_item 3 , +.Xr pam_info 3 , +.Xr pam_prompt 3 , +.Xr pam_set_item 3 , +.Xr pam_start 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +.Rs +.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" +.%D "June 1997" +.Re +.Sh AUTHORS +The OpenPAM library 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 +.Pq Dq CBOSS , +as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. |