From b53ab9d6ef126f3be04160e36cbc381e27d85e79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter van Dijk <peter.van.dijk@powerdns.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 19:51:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] auth API: slightly clearer message when a backend cannot
 create domains

---
 pdns/ws-auth.cc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pdns/ws-auth.cc b/pdns/ws-auth.cc
index 648938d31f..67ae3ed2c8 100644
--- a/pdns/ws-auth.cc
+++ b/pdns/ws-auth.cc
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ static void apiServerZones(HttpRequest* req, HttpResponse* resp) {
 
     // no going back after this
     if(!B.createDomain(zonename, kind.get_value_or(DomainInfo::Native), masters.get_value_or(vector<ComboAddress>()), account.get_value_or("")))
-      throw ApiException("Creating domain '"+zonename.toString()+"' failed");
+      throw ApiException("Creating domain '"+zonename.toString()+"' failed: backend refused");
 
     if(!B.getDomainInfo(zonename, di))
       throw ApiException("Creating domain '"+zonename.toString()+"' failed: lookup of domain ID failed");
-- 
2.47.2