GNU/Linux |
RedHat 9.0(Shrike) |
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pam_strerror(3) |
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pam_strerror − return a textual description of a Linux-PAM error
#include
<security/pam_appl.h>
or,
#include <security/pam_modules.h>
const char * pam_strerror( pam_handle_t *pamh, int pam_error);
pam_strerror
This function returns some text describing the Linux-PAM error associated with the pam_error argument.
On success this function returns a description of the indicated error. Should the function not recognize the error, ’’Unknown Linux-PAM error’’ is returned.
DCE-RFC 86.0, October 1995.
This function should be internationalized.
pam(8).
Also, see the three Linux-PAM Guides, for System administrators, module developers, and application developers.
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