pam_strerror

Name

pam_strerror -- returns a string describing the PAM error

Synopsis

#include <security/pam_appl.h>

const char * pam_strerror(pam_handle_t * pamh, int errnum);

Description

pam_strerror() returns a string describing the PAM error associated with errnum.

Return Value

On success, this function returns a description of the indicated error. The application should not free or modify this string. Otherwise, a string indicating that the error is unknown shall be returned. It is unspecified whether or not the string returned is translated according to the setting of LC_MESSAGES.