1ce77a8d6SDag-Erling Smørgrav.\" Generated from pam_strerror.c by gendoc.pl 2*45538173SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Dd May 31, 2025 35c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Dt PAM_STRERROR 3 45c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Os 55c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Sh NAME 65c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Nm pam_strerror 75c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Nd get PAM standard error message string 85c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Sh SYNOPSIS 9644f2b7cSDag-Erling Smørgrav.In sys/types.h 105c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.In security/pam_appl.h 11ca236e63SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Ft "const char *" 12fe980754SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Fn pam_strerror "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "int error_number" 135c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Sh DESCRIPTION 145c1eca55SDag-Erling SmørgravThe 152f3ed619SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Fn pam_strerror 1646acc370SDag-Erling Smørgravfunction returns a pointer to a string containing a 1746acc370SDag-Erling Smørgravtextual description of the error indicated by the 18b33ab329SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Fa error_number 1946acc370SDag-Erling Smørgravargument. 207f106882SDag-Erling SmørgravThe 217f106882SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Fa pamh 227f106882SDag-Erling Smørgravargument is ignored. 237f106882SDag-Erling SmørgravFor compatibility with other implementations, it should be either a 247f106882SDag-Erling Smørgravvalid PAM handle returned by a previous call to 257f106882SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Xr pam_start 3 , 267f106882SDag-Erling Smørgravor 277f106882SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Dv NULL . 285c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Sh RETURN VALUES 295c1eca55SDag-Erling SmørgravThe 302f3ed619SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Fn pam_strerror 3146acc370SDag-Erling Smørgravfunction returns 3246acc370SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Dv NULL 3346acc370SDag-Erling Smørgravon failure. 345c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Sh SEE ALSO 357f106882SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Xr pam 3 , 367f106882SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Xr pam_start 3 375c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Sh STANDARDS 385c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Rs 395c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 405c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.%D "June 1997" 415c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Re 425c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Sh AUTHORS 435c1eca55SDag-Erling SmørgravThe 442f3ed619SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Fn pam_strerror 452f3ed619SDag-Erling Smørgravfunction and this manual page were 462f3ed619SDag-Erling Smørgravdeveloped for the 47ca236e63SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Fx 482f3ed619SDag-Erling SmørgravProject by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 499bc006deSDag-Erling SmørgravSecurity Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 50ca236e63SDag-Erling SmørgravDARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 515c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Pq Dq CBOSS , 525c1eca55SDag-Erling Smørgravas part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 53ce77a8d6SDag-Erling Smørgrav.Pp 54ce77a8d6SDag-Erling SmørgravThe OpenPAM library is maintained by 55*45538173SDag-Erling Smørgrav.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.dev . 56