If the error message is going to be ambiguous, try to give the user some clue
by returning the last error reported by the OS.
--- krb5-1.4.3/src/clients/kinit/kinit.c 2006-02-06 13:50:06.000000000 -0500
+++ krb5-1.4.3/src/clients/kinit/kinit.c 2006-02-06 13:49:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#else
#undef HAVE_KRB524
#endif
+#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
@@ -846,8 +847,14 @@
code = krb5_cc_initialize(k5->ctx, k5->cc, k5->me);
if (code) {
- com_err(progname, code, "when initializing cache %s",
- opts->k5_cache_name?opts->k5_cache_name:"");
+ if ((code == KRB5_CC_IO) && (errno != 0)) {
+ com_err(progname, code, "when initializing cache %s: %s",
+ opts->k5_cache_name?opts->k5_cache_name:"",
+ strerror(errno));
+ } else {
+ com_err(progname, code, "when initializing cache %s",
+ opts->k5_cache_name?opts->k5_cache_name:"");
+ }
goto cleanup;
}