NAME

pam_strerror - get PAM standard error message string

LIBRARY

SYNOPSIS



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 argument.

RETURN VALUES

The pam_strerror function returns NULL on failure.

SEE ALSO

pam(3)

STANDARDS

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.