PAM_STRERROR(3) Library Functions Manual PAM_STRERROR(3)

pam_strerror — get PAM standard error message string

Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>

const char *
pam_strerror(const pam_handle_t *pamh, int error_number);

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.

The pam_strerror function returns NULL on failure.

pam(3)

X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.

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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