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+.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source.
+.\" ripped off from Rick Faith's getgroups man page
+.\" $Id: pam_strerror.3,v 1.2 1997/02/15 18:53:04 morgan Exp $
+.\" Copyright (c) Andrew G. Morgan 1996-7 <morgan@parc.power.net>
+.TH PAM_STRERROR 3 "1997 Feb 15" "Linux-PAM 0.56" "Programmers' Manual"
+.SH NAME
+
+pam_strerror \- return a textual description of a Linux-PAM error
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B #include <security/pam_appl.h>
+.br
+or,
+.br
+.B #include <security/pam_modules.h>
+.sp
+.BI "const char *pam_strerror(" int " pam_error);
+.sp 2
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B pam_strerror
+
+This function returns a pointer to a line of text describing the
+.BR Linux-PAM
+error passed as its sole argument.
+
+.SH "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.
+
+.SH "CONFORMING TO"
+DCE-RFC 86.0, October 1995.
+
+.SH BUGS
+.sp 2
+This function should be internationalized.
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+
+.BR pam "(8). "
+
+Also, see the three
+.BR Linux-PAM
+Guides, for
+.BR "System administrators" ", "
+.BR "module developers" ", "
+and
+.BR "application developers" ". "
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