Generic unknown RC/IO error while verifying initial ticket
Sam Hartman
hartmans at MIT.EDU
Wed Dec 1 17:20:22 EST 2004
>>>>> "Ezra" == Ezra Peisach <epeisach at MIT.EDU> writes:
Ezra> Hmm - without much code changes from the external API....
Ezra> a) There could be a new function
Ezra> krb5_get_extended_error_text - or something like that - to
Ezra> retreive the extended message...
Ezra> b) There would be an equivalent function to create an
Ezra> extended error message. (thread specific context?)
I was thinking of sticking this in the krb5 context as Heimdal does.
Ezra> c) When the error table is initialized - install a
Ezra> com_err_proc that will query the extended error and format
Ezra> it nicely. If an extended error is not present - don't
Ezra> display.
That seems problematic.
There are some issues to be worked out to make sure we don't prevent
people from localizing our errors, but the basic approach seems
doable.
--Sam
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