Simon Josefsson wrote: > Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> reassign 423944 libshishi0 >> thanks >> >> On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 19:08:22 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: >>> Package: inetutils-telnet >>> Version: 2:1.5.dfsg.1-4 >>> Severity: normal >>> File: /usr/bin/inetutils-telnet >>> >>> When using telnet for any connection, including those not involving Kerberos >>> in any way, telnet complains that ~/.shishi/tickets does not exist, and >>> creates ~/.shishi . >> The dot directory is created from inside libshishi, in >> lib/init.c (maybe_install_usercfg), I don't think it should be created >> from there. For the warning, that's useful information so that users >> can diagnose why shishi is not working if there's missing files, but >> probably would make sense to disable the output if not asked for, >> like in verbose mode or similar. > > There may be multiple problems, that can have different solutions, > here. For example: > > * It seems that 'telnet' might not need to initialize Shishi at all, > unless it will use a Kerberos connection. > > * The complaint is printed. > > * The directory is created.
Sounds like an accurate summary of the problems. > I will look into if it is simple to make inetutils defer the call to > shishi_init until Kerberos is definitely needed. Excellent. > Thoughts on the other problems appreciated. > > Maybe the directory should simply be created, with no warning? That seems fine if shishi_init only gets called when using Kerberos. - Josh Triplett
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