r7637: Another useful Heimdal feature we need.
authorAndrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:18:52 +0000 (12:18 +0000)
committerGerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry@samba.org>
Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:18:16 +0000 (13:18 -0500)
Andrew Bartlett
(This used to be commit 57ddedc954f49fd370225494758326fcbd0bb500)

source4/auth/kerberos/kerberos-notes.txt

index 3422612e03cfacfcc2521dc68d9a86a5c284988e..9abf66468c01c18c3b1b660f6d6ec048dbc8b404 100644 (file)
@@ -255,5 +255,10 @@ We have added krb5_freelog() to be the opposite of krb5_initlog(), and
 ensure we do not leak memeory in this operation. (krb5_closelog() does
 not free everything that krb5_initlog creates).
 
+Similarly important is the Heimdal-specific krb5_get_error_string()
+function, which does a lot to reduce the 'administrator pain' level,
+by providing specific, english text-string error messages instead of
+just error code translations.
+