@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ type ProjectOptions struct {

 	ProjectName  string

 	ProjectOnly  bool

 	DisplayShort bool

+

+	// SkipAccessValidation means that if a specific name is requested, don't bother checking for access to the project

+	SkipAccessValidation bool

 }

 const (

@@ -177,40 +180,43 @@ func (o ProjectOptions) RunProject() error {

 		config.CurrentContext = argument

 	} else {

-		project, err := o.Client.Projects().Get(argument)

-		if err != nil {

-			if isNotFound, isForbidden := kapierrors.IsNotFound(err), clientcmd.IsForbidden(err); isNotFound || isForbidden {

-				var msg string

-				if isForbidden {

-					msg = fmt.Sprintf("You are not a member of project %q.", argument)

-				} else {

-					msg = fmt.Sprintf("A project named %q does not exist on %q.", argument, clientCfg.Host)

-				}

+		if !o.SkipAccessValidation {

+			_, err := o.Client.Projects().Get(argument)

+			if err != nil {

+				if isNotFound, isForbidden := kapierrors.IsNotFound(err), clientcmd.IsForbidden(err); isNotFound || isForbidden {

+					var msg string

+					if isForbidden {

+						msg = fmt.Sprintf("You are not a member of project %q.", argument)

+					} else {

+						msg = fmt.Sprintf("A project named %q does not exist on %q.", argument, clientCfg.Host)

+					}

-				projects, err := getProjects(o.Client)

-				if err == nil {

-					switch len(projects) {

-					case 0:

-						msg += "\nYou are not a member of any projects. You can request a project to be created with the 'new-project' command."

-					case 1:

-						msg += fmt.Sprintf("\nYou have one project on this server: %s", api.DisplayNameAndNameForProject(&projects[0]))

-					default:

-						msg += "\nYour projects are:"

-						for _, project := range projects {

-							msg += fmt.Sprintf("\n* %s", api.DisplayNameAndNameForProject(&project))

+					projects, err := getProjects(o.Client)

+					if err == nil {

+						switch len(projects) {

+						case 0:

+							msg += "\nYou are not a member of any projects. You can request a project to be created with the 'new-project' command."

+						case 1:

+							msg += fmt.Sprintf("\nYou have one project on this server: %s", api.DisplayNameAndNameForProject(&projects[0]))

+						default:

+							msg += "\nYour projects are:"

+							for _, project := range projects {

+								msg += fmt.Sprintf("\n* %s", api.DisplayNameAndNameForProject(&project))

+							}

 						}

 					}

-				}

-				if hasMultipleServers(config) {

-					msg += "\nTo see projects on another server, pass '--server=<server>'."

+					if hasMultipleServers(config) {

+						msg += "\nTo see projects on another server, pass '--server=<server>'."

+					}

+					return errors.New(msg)

 				}

-				return errors.New(msg)

+				return err

 			}

-			return err

 		}

+		projectName := argument

-		kubeconfig, err := cliconfig.CreateConfig(project.Name, o.ClientConfig)

+		kubeconfig, err := cliconfig.CreateConfig(projectName, o.ClientConfig)

 		if err != nil {

 			return err

 		}

@@ -221,7 +227,7 @@ func (o ProjectOptions) RunProject() error {

 		}

 		config = *merged

-		namespaceInUse = project.Name

+		namespaceInUse = projectName

 		contextInUse = merged.CurrentContext

 		contextNameIsGenerated = true

 	}

@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ func (o *NewProjectOptions) Run() error {

 	if o.ProjectOptions != nil {

 		o.ProjectOptions.ProjectName = project.Name

 		o.ProjectOptions.ProjectOnly = true

+		o.ProjectOptions.SkipAccessValidation = true

 		if err := o.ProjectOptions.RunProject(); err != nil {

 			return err