X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=common-src%2Frsh-security.c;h=4d14f3bdfaa3755a0d715794802b340213e360ef;hb=3469241adf5f8b45020b0896ee13d17c4c7a2abf;hp=26914c6845f1433b0a2445df54fe2a03155a969f;hpb=94a044f90357edefa6f4ae9f0b1d5885b0e34aee;p=debian%2Famanda

diff --git a/common-src/rsh-security.c b/common-src/rsh-security.c
index 26914c6..4d14f3b 100644
--- a/common-src/rsh-security.c
+++ b/common-src/rsh-security.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ rsh_connect(
     void *		arg,
     void *		datap)
 {
+    int result;
     struct sec_handle *rh;
     char *amandad_path=NULL, *client_username=NULL;
 
@@ -132,10 +133,12 @@ rsh_connect(
     rh->ev_timeout = NULL;
     rh->rc = NULL;
 
+    /* get the canonical hostname */
     rh->hostname = NULL;
-    if (resolve_hostname(hostname, 0, NULL, &rh->hostname) || rh->hostname == NULL) {
+    if ((result = resolve_hostname(hostname, 0, NULL, &rh->hostname)) || rh->hostname == NULL) {
 	security_seterror(&rh->sech,
-	    _("%s: could not resolve hostname"), hostname);
+	    _("rsh_security could not find canonical name for '%s': %s"),
+	    hostname, gai_strerror(result));
 	(*fn)(arg, &rh->sech, S_ERROR);
 	return;
     }