diff --git a/krb5-1.4.3-enospc.patch b/krb5-1.4.3-enospc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5fcae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/krb5-1.4.3-enospc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+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;
+     }
+ 
diff --git a/krb5.spec b/krb5.spec
index 10774ed..8b68d37 100644
--- a/krb5.spec
+++ b/krb5.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 Summary: The Kerberos network authentication system.
 Name: krb5
 Version: 1.4.3
-Release: 3
+Release: 4
 # Maybe we should explode from the now-available-to-everybody tarball instead?
 # http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/dist/krb5/1.4/krb5-1.4.3-signed.tar
 Source0: krb5-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Patch40: krb5-1.4.1-telnet-environ.patch
 Patch41: krb5-1.2.7-login-lpass.patch
 Patch42: krb5-1.4.3-pthread_np.patch
 Patch43: krb5-1.4.3-kdc_max_dgram_size.patch
+Patch44: krb5-1.4.3-enospc.patch
 License: MIT, freely distributable.
 URL: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
@@ -137,6 +138,10 @@ network uses Kerberos, this package should be installed on every
 workstation.
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb  6 2006 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> 1.4.3-4
+- give a little bit more information to the user when kinit gets the catch-all
+  I/O error (#180175)
+
 * Thu Jan 19 2006 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> 1.4.3-3
 - rebuild properly when pthread_mutexattr_setrobust_np() is defined but not
   declared, such as with recent glibc when _GNU_SOURCE isn't being used
@@ -901,6 +906,7 @@ workstation.
 %patch42 -p1 -b .pthread_np
 # Don't apply this until we hear back from upstream.
 #%patch43 -p1 -b .kdc_max_dgram_size
+%patch44 -p1 -b .enospc
 cp src/krb524/README README.krb524
 find . -type f -name "*.info-dir" -exec rm -fv "{}" ";"
 gzip doc/*.ps