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NAME

       explain_chroot - explain chroot(2) errors

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libexplain/chroot.h>
       const char *explain_chroot(const char *pathname);
       const char *explain_errno_chroot(int errnum, const char *pathname);
       void explain_message_chroot(char *message, int message_size, const char
       *pathname);
       void explain_message_errno_chroot(char *message, int message_size, int
       errnum, const char *pathname);

DESCRIPTION

       These  functions may be used to obtain explanations for errors returned
       by the chroot(2) system call.

   explain_chroot
       const char *explain_chroot(const char *pathname);

       The explain_chroot function is used to  obtain  an  explanation  of  an
       error returned by the chroot(2) system call. The least the message will
       contain is the value of strerror(errno), but usually it  will  do  much
       better, and indicate the underlying cause in more detail.

       The  errno global variable will be used to obtain the error value to be
       decoded.

       pathname
               The original pathname,  exactly  as  passed  to  the  chroot(2)
               system call.

       Returns:
               The message explaining the error. This message buffer is shared
               by all libexplain functions which do not  supply  a  buffer  in
               their argument list.  This will be overwritten by the next call
               to any libexplain function which shares this buffer,  including
               other threads.

       Note:  This  function  is  not  thread safe, because it shares a return
       buffer across all threads, and many other functions in this library.

       Example: This function is intended to be used in a fashion  similar  to
       the following example:
              if (chroot(pathname) < 0)
              {
                  fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", explain_chroot(pathname));
                  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
              }

       The   above   code   example   is   available   pre-packaged   as   the
       explain_chroot_or_die(3) function.

   explain_errno_chroot
       const char *explain_errno_chroot(int errnum, const char *pathname);

       The explain_errno_chroot function is used to obtain an  explanation  of
       an  error  returned by the chroot(2) system call. The least the message
       will contain is the value of strerror(errno), but usually  it  will  do
       much better, and indicate the underlying cause in more detail.

       errnum  The  error value to be decoded, usually obtained from the errno
               global variable just before this function is  called.  This  is
               necessary  if you need to call any code between the system call
               to be explained and this function, because many libc  functions
               will alter the value of errno.

       pathname
               The  original  pathname,  exactly  as  passed  to the chroot(2)
               system call.

       Returns:
               The message explaining the error. This message buffer is shared
               by  all  libexplain  functions  which do not supply a buffer in
               their argument list.  This will be overwritten by the next call
               to  any libexplain function which shares this buffer, including
               other threads.

       Note: This function is not thread safe,  because  it  shares  a  return
       buffer across all threads, and many other functions in this library.

       Example:  This  function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to
       the following example:
              if (chroot(pathname) < 0)
              {
                  int err = errno;
                  fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", explain_errno_chroot(err,
                  pathname));
                  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
              }

       The   above   code   example   is   available   pre-packaged   as   the
       explain_chroot_or_die(3) function.

   explain_message_chroot
       void explain_message_chroot(char *message, int message_size, const char
       *pathname);

       The explain_message_chroot function is used to obtain an explanation of
       an error returned by the chroot(2) system call. The least  the  message
       will  contain  is  the value of strerror(errno), but usually it will do
       much better, and indicate the underlying cause in more detail.

       The errno global variable will be used to obtain the error value to  be
       decoded.

       message The  location  in  which  to  store  the returned message. If a
               suitable message return buffer is supplied,  this  function  is
               thread safe.

       message_size
               The  size  in  bytes  of  the  location  in  which to store the
               returned message.

       pathname
               The original pathname,  exactly  as  passed  to  the  chroot(2)
               system call.

       Example:  This  function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to
       the following example:
              if (chroot(pathname) < 0)
              {
                  char message[3000];
                  explain_message_chroot(message, sizeof(message), pathname);
                  fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", message);
                  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
              }

       The   above   code   example   is   available   pre-packaged   as   the
       explain_chroot_or_die(3) function.

   explain_message_errno_chroot
       void explain_message_errno_chroot(char *message, int message_size, int
       errnum, const char *pathname);

       The  explain_message_errno_chroot  function  is  used  to   obtain   an
       explanation  of  an  error  returned  by the chroot(2) system call. The
       least the message will contain is the  value  of  strerror(errno),  but
       usually  it  will  do much better, and indicate the underlying cause in
       more detail.

       message The location in which to  store  the  returned  message.  If  a
               suitable  message  return  buffer is supplied, this function is
               thread safe.

       message_size
               The size in bytes  of  the  location  in  which  to  store  the
               returned message.

       errnum  The  error value to be decoded, usually obtained from the errno
               global variable just before this function is  called.  This  is
               necessary  if you need to call any code between the system call
               to be explained and this function, because many libc  functions
               will alter the value of errno.

       pathname
               The  original  pathname,  exactly  as  passed  to the chroot(2)
               system call.

       Example: This function is intended to be used in a fashion  similar  to
       the following example:
              if (chroot(pathname) < 0)
              {
                  int err = errno;
                  char message[3000];
                  explain_message_errno_chroot(message, sizeof(message), err,
                  pathname);
                  fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", message);
                  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
              }

       The   above   code   example   is   available   pre-packaged   as   the
       explain_chroot_or_die(3) function.

SEE ALSO

       chroot(2)
               change root directory

       explain_chroot_or_die(3)
               change root directory and report errors

COPYRIGHT

       libexplain version 0.19
       Copyright (C) 2009 Peter Miller

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