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35 * $OpenPAM: pam_strerror.c 938 2017-04-30 21:34:42Z des $
44 #include <security/pam_appl.h>
46 #include "openpam_impl.h"
52 * Get PAM standard error message string
56 pam_strerror(const pam_handle_t *pamh,
59 static char unknown[16];
62 if (error_number >= 0 && error_number < PAM_NUM_ERRORS) {
63 return (pam_err_text[error_number]);
65 snprintf(unknown, sizeof unknown, "#%d", error_number);
71 * The =pam_strerror function returns a pointer to a string containing a
72 * textual description of the error indicated by the =error_number
74 * The =pamh argument is ignored.
75 * For compatibility with other implementations, it should be either a
76 * valid PAM handle returned by a previous call to =pam_start, or =NULL.