1*0d9d0fd8Schristos.\" $NetBSD: pam_strerror.3,v 1.10 2023/06/30 21:46:20 christos Exp $ 244269bb5Schristos.\" 38fa0fefeSchristos.\" Generated from pam_strerror.c by gendoc.pl 4*0d9d0fd8Schristos.Dd June 27, 2023 544269bb5Schristos.Dt PAM_STRERROR 3 644269bb5Schristos.Os 744269bb5Schristos.Sh NAME 844269bb5Schristos.Nm pam_strerror 944269bb5Schristos.Nd get PAM standard error message string 1044269bb5Schristos.Sh SYNOPSIS 1144269bb5Schristos.In sys/types.h 1244269bb5Schristos.In security/pam_appl.h 1344269bb5Schristos.Ft "const char *" 1444269bb5Schristos.Fn pam_strerror "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "int error_number" 1544269bb5Schristos.Sh DESCRIPTION 1644269bb5SchristosThe 17e1b25b17Schristos.Fn pam_strerror 1844269bb5Schristosfunction returns a pointer to a string containing a 1944269bb5Schristostextual description of the error indicated by the 2044269bb5Schristos.Fa error_number 21db24f154Sjoergargument in the context of the PAM transaction described by the 22db24f154Sjoerg.Fa pamh . 2344269bb5SchristosThe 2444269bb5Schristos.Fa pamh 2544269bb5Schristosargument is ignored. 2644269bb5SchristosFor compatibility with other implementations, it should be either a 2744269bb5Schristosvalid PAM handle returned by a previous call to 2844269bb5Schristos.Xr pam_start 3 , 2944269bb5Schristosor 3044269bb5Schristos.Dv NULL . 3144269bb5Schristos.Sh RETURN VALUES 3244269bb5SchristosThe 33e1b25b17Schristos.Fn pam_strerror 3444269bb5Schristosfunction returns 3544269bb5Schristos.Dv NULL 3644269bb5Schristoson failure. 3744269bb5Schristos.Sh SEE ALSO 3844269bb5Schristos.Xr pam 3 , 3944269bb5Schristos.Xr pam_start 3 4044269bb5Schristos.Sh STANDARDS 4144269bb5Schristos.Rs 4244269bb5Schristos.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 4344269bb5Schristos.%D "June 1997" 4444269bb5Schristos.Re 4544269bb5Schristos.Sh AUTHORS 4644269bb5SchristosThe 47e1b25b17Schristos.Fn pam_strerror 48e1b25b17Schristosfunction and this manual page were 49e1b25b17Schristosdeveloped for the 5044269bb5Schristos.Fx 51e1b25b17SchristosProject by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 5244269bb5SchristosSecurity Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 5344269bb5SchristosDARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 5444269bb5Schristos.Pq Dq CBOSS , 5544269bb5Schristosas part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 568fa0fefeSchristos.Pp 578fa0fefeSchristosThe OpenPAM library is maintained by 584cb4af11Schristos.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 59