Add more to the error message by printing the filename and error. Signed-off-by: Kenneth D'souza <kdsouza@xxxxxxxxxx> --- getcifsacl.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/getcifsacl.c b/getcifsacl.c index f08cdea..7f6e673 100644 --- a/getcifsacl.c +++ b/getcifsacl.c @@ -399,7 +399,12 @@ cifsacl: bufsize += BUFSIZE; goto cifsacl; } else - printf("getxattr error: %d\n", errno); + { + fprintf(stderr, "getxattr failed on %s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno) ); + free(attrval); + ret = -1; + goto out; + } } parse_sec_desc((struct cifs_ntsd *)attrval, attrlen, raw); -- 2.20.1