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diff --git a/contrib/openbsm/libbsm/au_errno.3 b/contrib/openbsm/libbsm/au_errno.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f7ff8a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/openbsm/libbsm/au_errno.3 @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Apple Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of Apple Inc. ("Apple") nor the names of +.\" its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived +.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY APPLE AND ITS CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL APPLE OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, +.\" STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING +.\" IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $P4: //depot/projects/trustedbsd/openbsm/libbsm/au_errno.3#3 $ +.\" +.Dd December 8, 2008 +.Dt AU_BSM_TO_ERRNO 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm au_bsm_to_errno , +.Nm au_errno_to_bsm , +.Nm au_strerror +.Nd "convert between BSM and local error numbers" +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libbsm +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In bsm/libbsm.h +.Ft int +.Fn au_bsm_to_errno "u_char bsm_error" "int *errorp" +.Ft u_char +.Fn au_errno_to_bsm "int error" +.Ft const char * +.Fn au_strerror "int bsm_error" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +These interfaces may be used to convert between the local ( +.Xr errno 2 ) +and BSM error number spaces found in BSM return tokens. +.Pp +The +.Fn au_bsm_to_errno +function accepts a BSM error value, +.Fa bsm_error, +and converts it to an +.Xr errno 2 +that will be stored in the integer pointed to by +.Fa errorp +if successful. +This call will fail if the BSM error cannot be mapped into a local error +number, which may occur if the return token was generated on another +operating system. +.Pp +.Fn au_errno_to_bsm +function accepts a local +.Xr errno 2 +value, and returns the BSM error number for it. +This call cannot fail, and instead returns a BSM error number indicating to +a later decoder that the error could not be encoded. +.Pp +The +.Fn au_strerror +converts a BSM error value to a string, generally by converting first to a +local error number and using the local +.Xr strerror 3 +function, but will also work for errors that are not locally defined. +.Sh RETURN VALULES +On success, +.Fn au_bsm_to_errno +returns 0 and a converted error value; on failure, it returns -1 but does not +set +.Xr errno 2 . +.Pp +On success, +.Fn au_strerror +returns a pointer to an error string; on failure it will return +.Dv NULL . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr au_to_return 3 , +.Xr au_to_return32 3 , +.Xr au_to_return64 3 , +.Xr libbsm 3 +.Sh HISTORY +.Fn au_bsm_to_errno +and +.Fn au_errno_to_bsm +were introduced in OpenBSM 1.1. +.Sh AUTHORS +These functions were implemented by +.An Robert Watson +under contract to Apple Inc. +.Pp +The Basic Security Module (BSM) interface to audit records and audit event +stream format were defined by Sun Microsystems. +.Sh BUGS +.Nm au_strerror +is unable to provide localized strings for errors not available in the local +operating system. |