--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c +++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c @@ -942,6 +942,8 @@ SMB2_auth_kerberos(struct SMB2_sess_data spnego_key = cifs_get_spnego_key(ses); if (IS_ERR(spnego_key)) { rc = PTR_ERR(spnego_key); + if (rc == -ENOKEY) + cifs_dbg(VFS, "Verify user has a krb5 ticket and keyutils is installed\n"); spnego_key = NULL; goto out; }