OPENSSL-ERRSTR(1ossl)

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version 15.1 · 2 versions
, in freebsd 15.1

🎀 NAME 🎀

openssl-errstr — lookup error codes. hiii bestie, this whole manual page is OPENSSL-ERRSTR(1ossl) and it's literally here to help you decode those cryptic OpenSSL error numbers 💅✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

openssl errstr [-help] error_code...

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so sometimes an application won't load the error message texts, and only the numerical forms will be available. that's the moment this command swoops in: it can be used to display the meaning of the hex code. and the hex code? it's literally the hex digits after the second colon, bestie. no cap. 🔥

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -help — display a usage message. 🫶

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

The error code:

27594:error:2006D080:lib(32)::reason(128)::107:

can be displayed with:

openssl errstr 2006D080

to produce the error message:

error:2006D080:BIO routines::no such file

okay legal glow-up moment, but the facts stay iconic 🫶

Copyright 2004-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

mwah 💋 that's the whole page, bestie. it's from OpenSSL version 3.5.6, dated 2026-04-07, and it's OPENSSL-ERRSTR(1ossl) — periodt. 🫶

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