fix crash when unable to make config dirtm/fix_registration_message

Signed-off-by: Thom May <thom@chef.io>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/api_client/registration.rb b/lib/chef/api_client/registration.rb
index e61ef4a160..27e1f18c17 100644
--- a/lib/chef/api_client/registration.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/api_client/registration.rb
@@ -70,15 +70,15 @@ class Chef
       end
 
       def assert_destination_writable!
-        if !File.exists?(File.dirname(destination))
+        abs_path = File.expand_path(destination)
+        if !File.exists?(File.dirname(abs_path))
           begin
-            FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(destination))
+            FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(abs_path))
           rescue Errno::EACCES
-            raise Chef::Exceptions::CannotWritePrivateKey, "I can't write your private key to #{abs_path} - check permissions?"
+            raise Chef::Exceptions::CannotWritePrivateKey, "I can't create the configuration directory at #{File.dirname(abs_path)} - check permissions?"
           end
         end
-        if (File.exists?(destination) && !File.writable?(destination)) || !File.writable?(File.dirname(destination))
-          abs_path = File.expand_path(destination)
+        if (File.exists?(abs_path) && !File.writable?(abs_path)) || !File.writable?(File.dirname(abs_path))
           raise Chef::Exceptions::CannotWritePrivateKey, "I can't write your private key to #{abs_path} - check permissions?"
         end
       end