PAMSTREROR(3)               Programmers' Manual              PAMSTREROR(3)



NAME
       pamstrerror - return a textual description of a Linux-PAM error


SYNOPSIS
       ##include <>
       or,
       ##include <>

       const char ** pamstrerror( pamhandlet *pamh,, int pamerror);;



DESCRIPTION
       pamstrerror

       This  function returns some text describing the Linux-PAM error associ-
       ated with the pamerror argument.


RETURN VALUE
       On success this function returns a description of the indicated  error.
       Should  the  function  not  recognize  the  error,  ``Unknown Linux-PAM
       error'' is returned.


CONFORMING TO
       DCE-RFC 86.0, October 1995.


BUGS
       This function should be internationalized.


SEE ALSO
       pam(8).

       Also, see the three Linux-PAM Guides, for System administrators, module
       developers, and application developers.



Linux-PAM 0.70                    1999 Oct 4                   PAMSTREROR(3)