pam_strerror(3) [posix man page]

PAM_STRERROR(3) 						 Linux-PAM Manual						   PAM_STRERROR(3)

NAME

       pam_strerror - return string describing PAM error code

SYNOPSIS

       #include <security/pam_appl.h>

       const char *pam_strerror(pam_handle_t *pamh, int errnum);

DESCRIPTION

       The pam_strerror function returns a pointer to a string describing the error code passed in the argument errnum, possibly using the
       LC_MESSAGES part of the current locale to select the appropriate language. This string must not be modified by the application. No library
       function will modify this string.

RETURN VALUES

       This function returns always a pointer to a string.

SEE ALSO

       pam(7)

Linux-PAM Manual						    06/04/2011							   PAM_STRERROR(3)

PAM_STRERROR(3) 					   BSD Library Functions Manual 					   PAM_STRERROR(3)

NAME

     pam_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 textual 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 implementa-
     tions, 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 ALSO

     pam(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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