Reference

pam_strerror(3)

get PAM standard error message string

NAME

pam_strerror – get PAM standard error message string

LIBRARY

library “libpam”

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, in the context of the PAM transaction described by the pamh argument.

RETURN VALUES

The pam_strerror function returns NULL on failure.

SEE ALSO

pam(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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