Man Linux: Main Page and Category List

NAME

       _ipsec_strerror - error messages for the IPsec policy manipulation
       library

SYNOPSIS

       #include <netinet6/ipsec.h>

       const char *ipsec_strerror(void);

DESCRIPTION

       #include <netinet6/ipsec.h> declares

       extern int ipsec_errcode;

       which is used to pass an error code from IPsec policy manipulation
       library to a user program. The ipsec_strerror(); function can be used
       to obtain the error message string for the error code.

       The array pointed to is not to be modified by the program. Since
       ipsec_strerror(); uses strerror(3) as an underlying function, calling
       strerror(3) after ipsec_strerror(); would overwrite the the return
       value from ipsec_strerror(); and make it invalid.

RETURN VALUES

       The ipsec_strerror(); function always returns a pointer to C string.
       The C string must not be overwritten by the caller.

SEE ALSO

       ipsec_set_policy(3)

HISTORY

       The ipsec_strerror(); function first appeared in WIDE/KAME IPv6
       protocol stack kit.

BUGS

       The ipsec_strerror(); function will return its result which may be
       overwritten by subsequent calls.

       ipsec_errcode is not thread safe.

[FIXME: source]                   02/25/2010