openssh bugs - Jan 2008 - [Bug 1429] New: ssh -q doesn't suppress all warning messages

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429

           Summary: ssh -q doesn't suppress all warning messages
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 4.7p1
          Platform: HPPA
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ssh
        AssignedTo: bitbucket at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: njleanne at hotmail.com


Hi all,

One question, the ssh man page says the -q option suppress all warnings
and diagnostics. however, the following condition still has the warning
message appeared on the console:

#man ssh
..............
      -q   Quiet mode.  Causes all warning and diagnostic messages to
be
           suppressed.

..............


# ssh -q -i ~/.ssh/id_dsa_3 sshpa3 "uname -a"
Warning: Identity file //.ssh/id_dsa_3 not accessible: No such file or
directory.

I checked the source code that if we use "-q" option, we just set the
log level to QUIET, and the above warning message is printed from the
-i option
(pls see the attachment file)

Although the message appeared in the console says it's a warning, but
actually it?s an error, so should we revise the message to ?Error:
Identity file?.? Or change the man page of ssh ?q option?

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--- Comment #1 from leanne <njleanne at hotmail.com>  2008-01-10 16:05:43
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Created an attachment (id=1440)
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a piece of code from sshd.c

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--- Comment #2 from leanne <njleanne at hotmail.com>  2008-01-10 16:06:16
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Created an attachment (id=1441)
 --> (http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/attachment.cgi?id=1441)
a piece of code from sshd.c

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leanne <njleanne at hotmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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Attachment #1441 is|0                           |1
           obsolete|                            |




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leanne <njleanne at hotmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Severity|normal                      |critical




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Darren Tucker <dtucker at zip.com.au> changed:

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                 CC|                            |dtucker at zip.com.au




--- Comment #3 from Darren Tucker <dtucker at zip.com.au>  2008-01-15
16:50:29 ---
Why is this "critical"?  If the messages are bugging you, you can
either set the IdentityFile to something else (eg /dev/null) or
redirect stderr to /dev/null "ssh -q 2>/dev/null foo bar".

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--- Comment #4 from leanne <njleanne at hotmail.com>  2008-01-15 18:18:55
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(In reply to comment #3)
> Why is this "critical"?  If the messages are bugging you, you can
> either set the IdentityFile to something else (eg /dev/null) or
> redirect stderr to /dev/null "ssh -q 2>/dev/null foo bar".
So should we revise the manual of ssh or just leave it there?
for the manual of -q option conflicts with the output.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Platform|HPPA                        |All
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED
           Severity|critical                    |trivial
                 CC|                            |djm at mindrot.org
             Blocks|                            |1353




--- Comment #5 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org>  2008-01-20
06:14:29 ---
Manual revised - it now says "most" instead of "all".

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED                      




--- Comment #6 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org>  2008-03-31
15:23:39 ---
Fix shipped in 4.9/4.9p1 release.

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