1.\" $NetBSD: pam_strerror.3,v 1.9 2019/12/15 17:08:21 christos Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Generated from pam_strerror.c by gendoc.pl 4.\" $OpenPAM: pam_strerror.c 938 2017-04-30 21:34:42Z des $ 5.Dd February 24, 2019 6.Dt PAM_STRERROR 3 7.Os 8.Sh NAME 9.Nm pam_strerror 10.Nd get PAM standard error message string 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 in the context of the PAM transaction described by the 23.Fa pamh . 24The 25.Fa pamh 26argument is ignored. 27For compatibility with other implementations, it should be either a 28valid PAM handle returned by a previous call to 29.Xr pam_start 3 , 30or 31.Dv NULL . 32.Sh RETURN VALUES 33The 34.Fn pam_strerror 35function returns 36.Dv NULL 37on failure. 38.Sh SEE ALSO 39.Xr pam 3 , 40.Xr pam_start 3 41.Sh STANDARDS 42.Rs 43.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 44.%D "June 1997" 45.Re 46.Sh AUTHORS 47The 48.Fn pam_strerror 49function and this manual page were 50developed for the 51.Fx 52Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 53Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 54DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 55.Pq Dq CBOSS , 56as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 57.Pp 58The OpenPAM library is maintained by 59.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 60