[Freeipa-devel] user-friendly 'IPA internal error' message

[Simo Sorce]

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).

Simo.

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