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PAM_STRERROR(3)         NetBSD Library Functions Manual        PAM_STRERROR(3)


NAME

     pam_strerror -- get PAM standard error message string


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.  The pamh
     argument is ignored.  For compatibility with other implementations, it
     should be either a valid PAM handle returned by a previous call to
     pam_start(3), or NULL.


RETURN VALUES

     The pam_strerror() function returns NULL on failure.


SEE ALSO

     pam(3), pam_start(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.

     The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no>.

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