1.\" Generated from pam_strerror.c by gendoc.pl 2.\" $OpenPAM: pam_strerror.c 938 2017-04-30 21:34:42Z des $ 3.Dd February 24, 2019 4.Dt PAM_STRERROR 3 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm pam_strerror 8.Nd get PAM standard error message string 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10.In sys/types.h 11.In security/pam_appl.h 12.Ft "const char *" 13.Fn pam_strerror "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "int error_number" 14.Sh DESCRIPTION 15The 16.Fn pam_strerror 17function returns a pointer to a string containing a 18textual description of the error indicated by the 19.Fa error_number 20argument. 21The 22.Fa pamh 23argument is ignored. 24For compatibility with other implementations, it should be either a 25valid PAM handle returned by a previous call to 26.Xr pam_start 3 , 27or 28.Dv NULL . 29.Sh RETURN VALUES 30The 31.Fn pam_strerror 32function returns 33.Dv NULL 34on failure. 35.Sh SEE ALSO 36.Xr pam 3 , 37.Xr pam_start 3 38.Sh STANDARDS 39.Rs 40.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 41.%D "June 1997" 42.Re 43.Sh AUTHORS 44The 45.Fn pam_strerror 46function and this manual page were 47developed for the 48.Fx 49Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 50Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 51DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 52.Pq Dq CBOSS , 53as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 54.Pp 55The OpenPAM library is maintained by 56.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 57