PAM_STRERRORSection: Programmers' Manual (3)Updated: 1999 Oct 4 |
NAME
pam_strerror - return a textual description of a Linux-PAM error
SYNOPSIS
#include <security/pam_appl.h>or,
#include <security/pam_modules.h>
const char * pam_strerror( pam_handle_t *pamh, int pam_error);
DESCRIPTION
pam_strerrorThis function returns some text describing the Linux-PAM error associated with the pam_error argument.
RETURN VALUE
On success this function returns a description of the indicated error. Should the function not recognize the error, ``Unknown Linux-PAM error'' is returned.
CONFORMING TO
DCE-RFC 86.0, October 1995.BUGS
This function should be internationalized.
SEE ALSO
pam(8).
Also, see the three Linux-PAM Guides, for System administrators, module developers, and application developers.