NAME
pam_strerror — get PAM error message string
SYNOPSIS
cc
[ flag ... ] file ...
-lpam
[ library ... ]
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
const char *pam_strerror(pam_handle_t *pamh,
int errnum);
DESCRIPTION
pam_strerror()
maps the
PAM
error number in
errnum
to a
PAM
error message string, and returns a pointer to that string.
The application should not free or modify the string returned.
The
pamh
argument is the
PAM
handle obtained by a prior call to
pam_start().
If
pam_start()
returns an error, a
NULL
PAM
handle should be passed.
APPLICATION USAGE
No PAM functions are safe to be called by a multithreaded application.
ERRORS
pam_strerror()
returns
NULL
if
errnum
is out-of-range.
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