Bug 232040

Summary:	Misleading error message when the server closes the connection immediatly after an authentication failture
Product:	[Unmaintained] knode	Reporter:	Viktor Engelmann <Viktor.Engelmann>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description Viktor Engelmann 2010-03-24 21:53:42 UTC

Version:           4.4 (using 4.4.00 (KDE 4.4.0), Mandriva Linux release 2010.0 (Official) for i586)
Compiler:          gcc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.31.12-desktop-1mnb

I want to fetch news from a server, that requires parts of the URI to be written in uppercase. When I try to fetch the list of groups, KNode gives me an error message, where the server address is written in all lowercase. I guess KNode just converts the URI I entered to lowercase somewhere between entering it and fetching groups, which would cause this error...

Comment 1 Olivier Trichet 2010-05-13 17:04:12 UTC

Which exact message are you shown ?

If this is not private information, could you give the name of this server that requires an uppercase name ?

Comment 2 Viktor Engelmann 2010-05-13 18:37:17 UTC

News.CIS.DFN.DE
you need a username and pass to access the server, but you only get one, if you study at or work for a german university...

When I look at the properties of the server, they're still displayed with uppercase, but when I try to subscribe to groups it tells me I have no list of articles. I chose to fetch the list of articles and then I get

Timeout on server news.cis.dfn.de
(this is a translation from the german error message "Zeitüberschreitung auf dem Server news.cis.dfn.de")

Comment 3 Olivier Trichet 2010-05-15 18:31:27 UTC

I don't think the problem is related to the case of the server name.
I can reach this server with both (upper and lower case) names.

In the server properties, do you setup encryption ?
If yes, then could you check your login and password ? Because I have the same error message (timeout) if I enter an invalid login/password.

Comment 4 Viktor Engelmann 2010-05-15 19:01:04 UTC

You are right, my password was wrong. I can access the news now, thank you

Still, the error message is misleading...

Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-04 18:35:39 UTC

Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been unmaintained for many years so I am closing this bug.