Misleading error message when connection fails

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Development of Net::Appliance::Session Perl distribution

https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Appliance::Session

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Misleading error message when connection fails #14

Closed abraxxa closed 12 years ago

abraxxa commented 12 years ago

When e.g. the ssh connection to a cisco switch fails, in my case because the switch doesn't support ssh or it isn't enabled, the following error is thrown: write error: filehandle isn't open at /home/username/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/lib/site_perl/5.14.2/Net/CLI/Interact/Transport/Base/Unix.pm line 24 It looks like a connection error isn't checked early enough in the code.

ollyg commented 12 years ago

I've released a new version of N::A::S which has a fix for this bogus error. It now dies with the underlying error reported from ssh or whatever other transport you use. Many thanks for the bug report, and sorry for being a bit slow to respond!

abraxxa commented 12 years ago

Thanks Oliver, will test it tomorrow.