1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ipa-python/ipautil.py b/ipa-python/ipautil.py
index 4b1feb4c9..919d4a6b8 100644
--- a/ipa-python/ipautil.py
+++ b/ipa-python/ipautil.py
@@ -828,3 +828,15 @@ class ItemCompleter:
 
         return items
 
+def get_gsserror(e):
+    """A GSSError exception looks differently in python 2.4 than it does
+       in python 2.5, deal with it."""
+
+    try:
+       primary = e[0]
+       secondary = e[1]
+    except:
+       primary = e[0][0]
+       secondary = e[0][1]
+
+    return (primary[0], secondary[0])