NAME pam_strerror - get PAM standard error message string CONTENTS Library Synopsis Description Return Values See Also Standards Authors LIBRARY .Lb libpam SYNOPSIS .In sys/types.h .In security/pam_appl.h "const char *" pam_strerror "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