PAM_STRERROR(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PAM_STRERROR(3)NAMEpam_strerror — get PAM standard error message string
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
const char *
pam_strerror(const pam_handle_t *pamh, int error_number);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_strerror function returns a pointer to a string containing a tex‐
tual description of the error indicated by the error_number argument.
argument, in the context of the PAM transaction described by the pamh The
pamh argument is ignored. For compatibility with other implementations,
it should be either a valid PAM handle returned by a previous call to
pam_start(3), or NULL.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_strerror function returns NULL on failure.
SEE ALSOpam(3), pam_start(3)STANDARDS
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules,
June 1997.
AUTHORS
The pam_strerror 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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