opendarwin man page for pam_strerror

PAM_STRERROR(3) 						Programmers' Manual						   PAM_STRERROR(3)

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_strerror

       This 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.

Linux-PAM 0.70							    1999 Oct 4							   PAM_STRERROR(3)