1.\" $NetBSD: pam_strerror.3,v 1.7 2015/06/05 20:41:46 joerg Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Generated from pam_strerror.c by gendoc.pl 4.\" Id: pam_strerror.c 648 2013-03-05 17:54:27Z des 5.Dd September 12, 2014 6.Dt PAM_STRERROR 3 7.Os 8.Sh NAME 9.Nm pam_strerror 10.Nd get PAM standard error message string 11.Sh LIBRARY 12.Lb libpam 13.Sh SYNOPSIS 14.In sys/types.h 15.In security/pam_appl.h 16.Ft "const char *" 17.Fn pam_strerror "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "int error_number" 18.Sh DESCRIPTION 19The 20.Fn pam_strerror 21function returns a pointer to a string containing a 22textual description of the error indicated by the 23.Fa error_number 24argument in the context of the PAM transaction described by the 25.Fa pamh . 26The 27.Fa pamh 28argument is ignored. 29For compatibility with other implementations, it should be either a 30valid PAM handle returned by a previous call to 31.Xr pam_start 3 , 32or 33.Dv NULL . 34.Sh RETURN VALUES 35The 36.Fn pam_strerror 37function returns 38.Dv NULL 39on failure. 40.Sh SEE ALSO 41.Xr pam 3 , 42.Xr pam_start 3 43.Sh STANDARDS 44.Rs 45.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 46.%D "June 1997" 47.Re 48.Sh AUTHORS 49The 50.Fn pam_strerror 51function and this manual page were 52developed for the 53.Fx 54Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 55Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 56DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 57.Pq Dq CBOSS , 58as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 59.Pp 60The OpenPAM library is maintained by 61.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@des.no . 62