December 21, 2007 PAM_STRERROR 3

### NAME

pam_strerror - get PAM standard error message string

### LIBRARY

### SYNOPSIS

```const char *` pam_strerror(```const pam_handle_t *pamh``, int error_number`)

### DESCRIPTION

The pam_strerror function returns a pointer to a string containing a textual description of the error indicated by the ```error_number` argument, in the context of the PAM transaction described by the ```pamh` argument.

### RETURN VALUES

The pam_strerror function returns ```NULL` on failure.

### SEE ALSO

pam(3)

### STANDARDS

### AUTHORS

The pam_strerror function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (``CBOSS''), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.