Hello, The openssh client terminates with the following error message when unable to resolve a username: "You don't exist, go away!" Leaving aside style and tone, the message is not informative. Please consider changing it to something more appropriate and helpful, such as "Unable to resolve username". (The message appears in the files ssh-keygen.c and ssh.c, as of version openssh-4.2p1) Thanks, Serafeim ps. please CC me as I'm not subscribed
Hello, The openssh client terminates with the following error message when unable to resolve a username: "You don't exist, go away!" Leaving aside style and tone, the message is not informative. Please consider changing it to something more appropriate and helpful, such as "Unable to resolve username". (The message appears in the files ssh-keygen.c and ssh.c, as of version openssh-4.2p1) Thanks, Serafeim ps. please CC me as I'm not subscribed _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org http://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
Serafeim Zanikolas wrote:> ps. please CC me as I'm not subscribed > The openssh client terminates with the following error message when > unable to resolve a username: "You don't exist, go away!"A traditional styled message. Try 'who' in that same "impossible" situation. It will print out "Intruder Alert!". Did you actually receive this error message? What was the circumstance? How likely is this error to occur?> Leaving aside style and tone, the message is not informative. Please > consider changing it to something more appropriate and helpful, such > as "Unable to resolve username".The message is in the traditional style of a message in an "impossible" situation. Obviously it is possible but it shouldn't be. It can only happen if a previous system error has occurred. How can a user exist on a system when the user is not defined for the system? (Yes, obviously there are ways, that is not my point.) I am not an ssh developer but as a system user these things are part of the culture and often make the system more enjoyable to live and work on than if it were only dry messages, even if perhaps more accurate. I would not be opposed to adding additional error text, but I would hate to see the culture become too bland, like food designed to offend no one, which then often pleases no one either. Bob _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org http://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
Serafeim Zanikolas <serzan at hellug.gr> writes:> The openssh client terminates with the following error message when unable to > resolve a username: "You don't exist, go away!" > > Leaving aside style and tone, the message is not informative. Please consider > changing it to something more appropriate and helpful, such as "Unable to > resolve username".I request that this message stay the same and that users consider gaining a sense of humor and a cultural understanding of the systems in use. -- vsync http://quadium.net/ If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a "fix" of something, to its own detriment, then I would conclude that netnews is far more addictive than cocaine. -- Rob Stampfli _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org http://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
On Monday 11 September 2006 01:39, Tim wrote:> I request that this message stay the same and that users consider > gaining a sense of humor and a cultural understanding of the systems in > use.OK, it did give me a good laugh the first couple of times, but after a while it just gets annoying. Perhaps you could consider changing the message to something witty _and_ informative (eg, bash under the same circumstances says "I have no name!"). But then again, I'd rather not be though of as an exterminator of your cultural heritage :) (For the history, the error arises because I'm authenticated by a NIS server behind a faulty-soon-to-be-replaced switch that causes occasional timeouts) Cheers, Serafeim _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org http://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
On Sunday 10 September 2006 20:39, Tim Howe wrote:> Serafeim Zanikolas <serzan at hellug.gr> writes: > > The openssh client terminates with the following error message when > > unable to resolve a username: "You don't exist, go away!" > > > > Leaving aside style and tone, the message is not informative. Please > > consider changing it to something more appropriate and helpful, such as > > "Unable to resolve username". > > I request that this message stay the same and that users consider > gaining a sense of humor and a cultural understanding of the systems in > use.Full Ack! Leave it as it is! Karsten. -- People who claim they don't let little things bother them have never slept in a room with a single mosquito. _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org http://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev