diff --git a/include/Request.h b/include/Request.h
index 6e6d2774e5..c5fb3ac7ba 100644
--- a/include/Request.h
+++ b/include/Request.h
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ protected:
      */
     void failure_response(ErrorCode ec, const string& val);
 
+    /**
+     *  Gets a string representation for the Auth object in the
+     *  request.
+     *    @param ob object for the auth operation
+     *    @returns string equivalent of the object
+     */
+    static string object_name(AuthRequest::Object ob);
+
     /**
      *  Logs authorization errors
      *    @param action authorization action
diff --git a/src/rm/Request.cc b/src/rm/Request.cc
index 6207d2b4c5..74d321d139 100644
--- a/src/rm/Request.cc
+++ b/src/rm/Request.cc
@@ -147,6 +147,34 @@ void Request::success_response(const string& val)
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
+string Request::object_name(AuthRequest::Object ob)
+{
+    switch (ob)
+    {
+        case AuthRequest::VM:
+            return "virtual machine";
+        case AuthRequest::HOST:
+            return "host";
+        case AuthRequest::NET:
+            return "virtual network";
+        case AuthRequest::IMAGE:
+            return "image";
+        case AuthRequest::USER:
+            return "user";
+        case AuthRequest::CLUSTER:
+            return "cluster";
+        case AuthRequest::TEMPLATE:
+            return "virtual machine template";
+        case AuthRequest::GROUP:
+            return "group";
+        default:
+            return "-";
+      }
+};
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
 string Request::authorization_error (const string &action,
                                      const string &object,
                                      int   uid,
diff --git a/src/rm/RequestManagerAllocate.cc b/src/rm/RequestManagerAllocate.cc
index 5685574153..7ec147ea6f 100644
--- a/src/rm/RequestManagerAllocate.cc
+++ b/src/rm/RequestManagerAllocate.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ string RequestManagerAllocate::allocate_error (const string& error)
     ostringstream oss;
 
     oss << "[" << method_name << "]" << " Error allocating a new "
-        << AuthRequest::object_name(auth_object) << ".";
+        << object_name(auth_object) << ".";
 
     if (!error.empty())
     {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ string RequestManagerAllocate::allocate_error (char *error)
     ostringstream oss;
 
     oss << "[" << method_name << "]" << " Error allocating a new "
-        << AuthRequest::object_name(auth_object) << ". Parse error";
+        << object_name(auth_object) << ". Parse error";
 
     if ( error != 0 )
     {
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ int VirtualNetworkAllocate::pool_allocate(xmlrpc_c::paramList const& _paramList,
                                           string& error_str)
 {
     VirtualNetworkPool * vpool = static_cast<VirtualNetworkPool *>(pool);
-    VirtualNetworkTemplate * vtmpl = static_cast<VirtualNetworkTemplate *>(tmpl);
+    VirtualNetworkTemplate * vtmpl=static_cast<VirtualNetworkTemplate *>(tmpl);
 
     return vpool->allocate(uid, gid, vtmpl, &id, error_str);
 }
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ int TemplateAllocate::pool_allocate(xmlrpc_c::paramList const& _paramList,
                                     string& error_str)
 {
     VMTemplatePool * tpool = static_cast<VMTemplatePool *>(pool);
-    VirtualMachineTemplate * ttmpl = static_cast<VirtualMachineTemplate *>(tmpl);
+
+    VirtualMachineTemplate * ttmpl=static_cast<VirtualMachineTemplate *>(tmpl);
 
     return tpool->allocate(uid, gid, ttmpl, &id, error_str);
 }
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@ int GroupAllocate::pool_allocate(xmlrpc_c::paramList const& paramList,
                                  string& error_str)
 {
     string gname = xmlrpc_c::value_string(paramList.getString(1));
+
     GroupPool * gpool = static_cast<GroupPool *>(pool);
 
     return gpool->allocate(uid, gname, &id, error_str);