mojave man page for pam_strerror

Query: pam_strerror

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PAM_STRERROR(3) 					   BSD Library Functions Manual 					   PAM_STRERROR(3)

NAME
pam_strerror -- get PAM standard error message string
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
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 argument.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_strerror function returns NULL on failure.
SEE ALSO
pam(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.
BSD
December 21, 2007 BSD
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