4 files changed, 31 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/source3/include/client.h b/source3/include/client.h
index 7a8889edc5..17fd150065 100644
--- a/source3/include/client.h
+++ b/source3/include/client.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ typedef struct smb_sign_info {
 struct cli_state {
 	int port;
 	int fd;
-	int smb_read_error; /* Copy of last read error. */
+	int smb_rw_error; /* Copy of last read or write error. */
 	uint16 cnum;
 	uint16 pid;
 	uint16 mid;
diff --git a/source3/include/smb.h b/source3/include/smb.h
index c39ebed950..f58e3adf54 100644
--- a/source3/include/smb.h
+++ b/source3/include/smb.h
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ typedef uint16 smb_ucs2_t;
 typedef smb_ucs2_t wpstring[PSTRING_LEN];
 typedef smb_ucs2_t wfstring[FSTRING_LEN];
 
+/* This error code can go into the client smb_rw_error. */
+#define WRITE_ERROR 4
 
 #ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 #define UCS2_SHIFT 8
diff --git a/source3/libsmb/clientgen.c b/source3/libsmb/clientgen.c
index 4a102097ce..2236d8508d 100644
--- a/source3/libsmb/clientgen.c
+++ b/source3/libsmb/clientgen.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ BOOL cli_receive_smb(struct cli_state *cli)
 	/* If the server is not responding, note that now */
 
 	if (!ret) {
-		cli->smb_read_error = smb_read_error;
+		cli->smb_rw_error = smb_read_error;
 		close(cli->fd);
 		cli->fd = -1;
 	}
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ BOOL cli_send_smb(struct cli_state *cli)
 		if (ret <= 0) {
 			close(cli->fd);
 			cli->fd = -1;
+			cli->smb_rw_error = WRITE_ERROR;
 			DEBUG(0,("Error writing %d bytes to client. %d (%s)\n",
 				(int)len,(int)ret, strerror(errno) ));
 			return False;
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ void cli_close_connection(struct cli_state *cli)
 	if (cli->fd != -1) 
 		close(cli->fd);
 	cli->fd = -1;
-	cli->smb_read_error = 0;
+	cli->smb_rw_error = 0;
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************
diff --git a/source3/libsmb/clierror.c b/source3/libsmb/clierror.c
index fb88b66786..f5281eb047 100644
--- a/source3/libsmb/clierror.c
+++ b/source3/libsmb/clierror.c
@@ -85,11 +85,31 @@ char *cli_errstr(struct cli_state *cli)
 		return cli_error_message;
 	}
 
-	/* Was it server timeout ? */
-	if (cli->fd == -1 &&  cli->timeout > 0 && cli->smb_read_error == READ_TIMEOUT) {
-		slprintf(cli_error_message, sizeof(cli_error_message) - 1,
-			"Call timed out: server did not respond after %d milliseconds",
-			cli->timeout);
+	/* Was it server socket error ? */
+	if (cli->fd == -1 && cli->smb_rw_error) {
+		switch(cli->smb_rw_error) {
+			case READ_TIMEOUT:
+				slprintf(cli_error_message, sizeof(cli_error_message) - 1,
+					"Call timed out: server did not respond after %d milliseconds",
+					cli->timeout);
+				break;
+			case READ_EOF:
+				slprintf(cli_error_message, sizeof(cli_error_message) - 1,
+					"Call returned zero bytes (EOF)\n" );
+				break;
+			case READ_ERROR:
+				slprintf(cli_error_message, sizeof(cli_error_message) - 1,
+					"Read error: %s\n", strerror(errno) );
+				break;
+			case WRITE_ERROR:
+				slprintf(cli_error_message, sizeof(cli_error_message) - 1,
+					"Write error: %s\n", strerror(errno) );
+				break;
+			default:
+				slprintf(cli_error_message, sizeof(cli_error_message) - 1,
+					"Unknown error code %d\n", cli->smb_rw_error );
+				break;
+		}
 		return cli_error_message;
 	}