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$Id: pam_strerror.c 648 2013-03-05 17:54:27Z des $
.Dd September 12, 2014 .Dt PAM_STRERROR 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pam_strerror .Nd get PAM standard error message string .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libpam .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/types.h n security/pam_appl.h .Ft "const char *" .Fn pam_strerror "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "int error_number" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pam_strerror function returns a pointer to a string containing a textual description of the error indicated by the .Fa error_number argument. The .Fa pamh argument is ignored. For compatibility with other implementations, it should be either a valid PAM handle returned by a previous call to .Xr pam_start 3 , or .Dv NULL . .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn pam_strerror function returns .Dv NULL on failure. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pam 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 .Fn pam_strerror function and this manual page were developed for the .Fx Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
$Id: pam_strerror.c 648 2013-03-05 17:54:27Z des $
.Dd September 12, 2014 .Dt PAM_STRERROR 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pam_strerror .Nd get PAM standard error message string .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libpam .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/types.h n security/pam_appl.h .Ft "const char *" .Fn pam_strerror "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "int error_number" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pam_strerror function returns a pointer to a string containing a textual description of the error indicated by the .Fa error_number argument. The .Fa pamh argument is ignored. For compatibility with other implementations, it should be either a valid PAM handle returned by a previous call to .Xr pam_start 3 , or .Dv NULL . .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn pam_strerror function returns .Dv NULL on failure. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pam 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 .Fn pam_strerror function and this manual page were developed for the .Fx Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
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