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1.1 KiB
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50 lines
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.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source.
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.\" ripped off from Rick Faith's getgroups man page
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.\" $Id: pam_strerror.3,v 1.2 1997/02/15 18:53:04 morgan Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) Andrew G. Morgan 1996-7 <morgan@parc.power.net>
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.TH PAM_STRERROR 3 "1997 Feb 15" "PAM 0.56" "Programmers' Manual"
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.SH NAME
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pam_strerror \- return a textual description of a PAM error
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <security/pam_appl.h>
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.br
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or,
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.br
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.B #include <security/pam_modules.h>
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.sp
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.BI "const char *pam_strerror(" int " pam_error);
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.sp 2
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B pam_strerror
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This function returns a pointer to a line of text describing the
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.BR PAM
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error passed as its sole argument.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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On success this function returns a description of the indicated
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error. Should the function not recognize the error, ``Unknown
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PAM error'' is returned.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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DCE-RFC 86.0, October 1995.
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.SH BUGS
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.sp 2
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This function should be internationalized.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR pam "(8). "
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Also, see the three
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.BR Linux-PAM
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Guides, for
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.BR "System administrators" ", "
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.BR "module developers" ", "
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and
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.BR "application developers" ". "
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