1.\" Generated from pam_strerror.c by gendoc.pl 2.\" $Id: pam_strerror.c 648 2013-03-05 17:54:27Z des $ 3.Dd September 12, 2014 4.Dt PAM_STRERROR 3 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm pam_strerror 8.Nd get PAM standard error message string 9.Sh LIBRARY 10.Lb libpam 11.Sh SYNOPSIS 12.In sys/types.h 13.In security/pam_appl.h 14.Ft "const char *" 15.Fn pam_strerror "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "int error_number" 16.Sh DESCRIPTION 17The 18.Fn pam_strerror 19function returns a pointer to a string containing a 20textual description of the error indicated by the 21.Fa error_number 22argument. 23The 24.Fa pamh 25argument is ignored. 26For compatibility with other implementations, it should be either a 27valid PAM handle returned by a previous call to 28.Xr pam_start 3 , 29or 30.Dv NULL . 31.Sh RETURN VALUES 32The 33.Fn pam_strerror 34function returns 35.Dv NULL 36on failure. 37.Sh SEE ALSO 38.Xr pam 3 , 39.Xr pam_start 3 40.Sh STANDARDS 41.Rs 42.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 43.%D "June 1997" 44.Re 45.Sh AUTHORS 46The 47.Fn pam_strerror 48function and this manual page were 49developed for the 50.Fx 51Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 52Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 53DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 54.Pq Dq CBOSS , 55as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 56.Pp 57The OpenPAM library is maintained by 58.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@des.no . 59