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35 * $Id: pam_strerror.c 491 2011-11-12 00:12:32Z 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];
63 switch (error_number
) {
67 return ("failed to load module");
69 return ("invalid symbol");
71 return ("error in service module");
73 return ("system error");
75 return ("memory buffer error");
77 return ("conversation failure");
79 return ("permission denied");
81 return ("maximum number of tries exceeded");
83 return ("authentication error");
84 case PAM_NEW_AUTHTOK_REQD
:
85 return ("new authentication token required");
86 case PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT
:
87 return ("insufficient credentials");
88 case PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL
:
89 return ("authentication information is unavailable");
90 case PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
:
91 return ("unknown user");
92 case PAM_CRED_UNAVAIL
:
93 return ("failed to retrieve user credentials");
94 case PAM_CRED_EXPIRED
:
95 return ("user credentials have expired");
97 return ("failed to set user credentials");
98 case PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED
:
99 return ("user account has expired");
100 case PAM_AUTHTOK_EXPIRED
:
101 return ("password has expired");
102 case PAM_SESSION_ERR
:
103 return ("session failure");
104 case PAM_AUTHTOK_ERR
:
105 return ("authentication token failure");
106 case PAM_AUTHTOK_RECOVERY_ERR
:
107 return ("failed to recover old authentication token");
108 case PAM_AUTHTOK_LOCK_BUSY
:
109 return ("authentication token lock busy");
110 case PAM_AUTHTOK_DISABLE_AGING
:
111 return ("authentication token aging disabled");
112 case PAM_NO_MODULE_DATA
:
113 return ("module data not found");
115 return ("ignore this module");
117 return ("general failure");
119 return ("try again");
120 case PAM_MODULE_UNKNOWN
:
121 return ("unknown module type");
122 case PAM_DOMAIN_UNKNOWN
:
123 return ("unknown authentication domain");
125 snprintf(unknown
, sizeof unknown
, "#%d", error_number
);
131 * The =pam_strerror function returns a pointer to a string containing a
132 * textual description of the error indicated by the =error_number
134 * The =pamh argument is ignored.
135 * For compatibility with other implementations, it should be either a
136 * valid PAM handle returned by a previous call to =pam_start, or =NULL.