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62 lines
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.\" $NetBSD: pam_strerror.3,v 1.7 2015/06/05 20:41:46 joerg Exp $
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.\" Generated from pam_strerror.c by gendoc.pl
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.\" Id: pam_strerror.c 648 2013-03-05 17:54:27Z des
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.Dd September 12, 2014
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.Dt PAM_STRERROR 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pam_strerror
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.Nd get PAM standard error message string
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libpam
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/types.h
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.In security/pam_appl.h
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.Ft "const char *"
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.Fn pam_strerror "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "int error_number"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn pam_strerror
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function returns a pointer to a string containing a
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textual description of the error indicated by the
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.Fa error_number
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argument in the context of the PAM transaction described by the
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.Fa pamh .
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The
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.Fa pamh
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argument is ignored.
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For compatibility with other implementations, it should be either a
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valid PAM handle returned by a previous call to
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.Xr pam_start 3 ,
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or
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.Dv NULL .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn pam_strerror
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function returns
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.Dv NULL
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on failure.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr pam 3 ,
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.Xr pam_start 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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.Rs
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.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
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.%D "June 1997"
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.Re
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Fn pam_strerror
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function and this manual page were
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developed for the
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.Fx
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Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
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Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
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DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
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.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
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as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
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.Pp
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The OpenPAM library is maintained by
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.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@des.no .
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