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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 argu-ment. argument.
       ment.


RETURN VALUE
       On success this function returns a description of the indicated error.  Should the function not  rec-ognize recognize
       ognize 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)