ipsec_strerror(3)

ipsec_strerror3

Error messages for the ipsec policy manipulation library

Usage

#include <netinet6/ipsec.h>

const char *

ipsec_strerror(void);

Library

library “libipsec”

Overview

netinet6/ipsec.h declares

extern int ipsec_errcode;

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

The array pointed to is not to be modified by the calling program. Since ipsec_strerror() uses strerror(3) as underlying function, calling strerror(3) after ipsec_strerror() will make the return value from ipsec_strerror() invalid or overwritten.

Return values

ipsec_strerror() always returns a pointer to a C string. The C string must not be overwritten by the calling program.

Releases

155 releases since Mac OS X 10.2; the text changed 1 time.

  1. 10.2–10.4.11
  2. 10.5–26.5

History

ipsec_strerror() first appeared in the WIDE/KAME IPv6 protocol stack kit.

Bugs

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

ipsec_errcode is not thread safe.

From ipsec 1125 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.