[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Can OpenIPMI attempt multiple authentication methods for me?
>
> Here is the scenario: I am using a certain privilege level and I set 
> up a connection with a particular authentication level (e.g. MD5). It 
> connects but has read errors (domain change handler has a read error). 
> Turns out what I needed to connect with was another auth level (e.g. 
> MD2). At this point I would have to close the domain and connection 
> and start over with another auth level, repeat-until-successful. 
> Problem is, I don’t know if that read error means I have the wrong 
> auth level or some other problem is occurring.
>
Read errors like that mean that the remote target is not there. You will 
get an IPMI error if the auth fails. Trouble is that there is no defined 
return error for auth failure, I don't think.

> I did not see an obvious method of passing in more than one auth level 
> to ipmi_setup_con…
>
No, there's not exactly. However, you can pass in nothing for the auth 
level and it will query the remote to see what it is capable of and 
choose the most secure one available.

-corey

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