summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/login-utils/ttymsg.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'login-utils/ttymsg.c')
-rw-r--r--login-utils/ttymsg.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/login-utils/ttymsg.c b/login-utils/ttymsg.c
index 92282c127..a4df59e6c 100644
--- a/login-utils/ttymsg.c
+++ b/login-utils/ttymsg.c
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ ttymsg(struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, char *line, int tmout) {
if (forked)
_exit(1);
if (strlen(strerror(errno)) > 1000)
- (void) sprintf(errbuf, _("%s: BAD ERROR"), device);
+ (void) sprintf(errbuf, _("%s: BAD ERROR, message is "
+ "far too long"), device);
else {
errsv = errno;
(void) sprintf(errbuf, "%s: %s", device,