On 23.4.2015 14:10, Simo Sorce wrote: > On Thu, 2015-04-23 at 07:28 +0200, Jan Cholasta wrote: >> Dne 22.4.2015 v 15:32 Simo Sorce napsal(a): >>> On Wed, 2015-04-22 at 09:59 +0200, Jan Cholasta wrote: >>>> Dne 22.4.2015 v 09:05 Petr Spacek napsal(a): >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> looking at freeipa-users list, following kind of conversation is quite >>>>> common: >>>>> >>>>> user: 'IPA reports an internal error, what should I do?' >>>>> dev: 'see HTTPd error log on the IPA server' >>>>> user: 'what server?' >>>>> dev: 'enable debugging on client and see which server was contacted' >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Can we make InternalError more useful and eliminate this kind of >>>>> ping-pong? >>>>> >>>>> Looking at sources: >>>>> $ git grep 'class .*InternalError' >>>>> ipalib/errors.py:class InternalError(PublicError): >>>>> ipalib/errors.py:class ServerInternalError(PublicError): >>>>> >>>>> $ git grep ServerInternalError >>>>> ipalib/errors.py:class ServerInternalError(PublicError): >>>>> ipalib/errors.py: >>> raise >>>>> ServerInternalError(server='https://localhost') >>>>> ipalib/errors.py: ServerInternalError: an internal error has occurred >>>>> on >>>>> server at 'https://localhost' >>>>> >>>>> Apparently somebody was thinking about it in the past but >>>>> ServerInternalError >>>>> is not used anywhere. >>>>> >>>>> How hard would it be to translate InternalError on client side to >>>>> ServerInternalError with appropriate server name? >>>>> >>>>> Can we extend InternalError with text like this? >>>>> 'See httpd error log on server %s for more details.' >>>>> >>>>> Does it make sense? Should I open a ticket about this? >>>>> >>>> >>>> It's a good idea. >>>> >>>> On a related note, I would also like the server to send tracebacks to >>>> the client if debugging is enabled on the server. >>> >>> I am not too hot on this idea, unless there is a specific switch to >>> allow sending tracebacks (default to off). >> >> Emphasis on "if debugging is enabled". > > If I enable debugging on the server, I still may not want all clients to > receive backtraces, especially if I am trying to resolve a problem in > production.
Good point, I agree with Simo on this. It should be a separate switch. -- Petr^2 Spacek -- Manage your subscription for the Freeipa-devel mailing list: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-devel Contribute to FreeIPA: http://www.freeipa.org/page/Contribute/Code
