[2551] in Kerberos-V5-bugs
krb5-doc/269: document error string -> file identity
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bjaspan@MIT.EDU)
Mon Dec 2 13:28:45 1996
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Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 13:26:05 -0500
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>Number: 269
>Category: krb5-doc
>Synopsis: document error string -> file identity
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: krb5-unassigned
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: unknown
>Arrival-Date: Mon Dec 02 13:27:01 EST 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Barry Jaspan
>Organization:
mit
>Release: 1.0-development
>Environment:
System: SunOS DUN-DUN-NOODLES 5.4 Generic_101945-37 sun4m sparc
>Description:
Steve Webster makes the good point that it is very difficult for a novice admin to tell which file is missing or wrong when any of a large number of error messages are generated by Kerberos programs. He suggests a table such as
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
>> If you see and error the missing file is probably
>> ----------------- ----------------------------
>> while setting active database /foo/bar
>> while initializing database /baz/bletch
>> opening policy database ...
>> ...
Probably this should be in each program's manual page, but it could
also be in the texinfo files.
