From: ben <ben@cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:55:25 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Document "No supported authentication methods available", and make it clear
X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/commitdiff_plain/9c0998350a44539ab4f53beeb135aa0051924386

Document "No supported authentication methods available", and make it clear
that TIS/CryptoCard auth can be used for simple passwords too.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@7730 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e
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diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but
index ac76be8b..98b4a7e2 100644
--- a/doc/config.but
+++ b/doc/config.but
@@ -2419,11 +2419,12 @@ forms of simple \I{challenge/response authentication}challenge/response
 authentication available in SSH protocol version 1 only. You might use
 them if you were using \i{S/Key} \i{one-time passwords}, for example,
 or if you had a physical \i{security token} that generated responses
-to authentication challenges.
+to authentication challenges.  They can even be used to prompt for
+simple passwords.
 
 With this switch enabled, PuTTY will attempt these forms of
 authentication if the server is willing to try them. You will be
-presented with a challenge string (which will be different every
+presented with a challenge string (which may be different every
 time) and must supply the correct response in order to log in. If
 your server supports this, you should talk to your system
 administrator about precisely what form these challenges and
diff --git a/doc/errors.but b/doc/errors.but
index cbca36b3..5a0d83dc 100644
--- a/doc/errors.but
+++ b/doc/errors.but
@@ -200,6 +200,13 @@ the various strategies we use for camouflaging passwords in transit.
 Upgrade your server, or use the workarounds described in
 \k{config-ssh-bug-ignore1} and possibly \k{config-ssh-bug-plainpw1}.
 
+\H{errors-no-auth} \q{No supported authentication methods available}
+
+This error indicates that PuTTY has run out of ways to authenticate
+you to an SSH server.  This may be because PuTTY has TIS or
+keyboard-interactive authentication disabled, in which case
+\k{config-ssh-tis} and \k{config-ssh-ki}.
+
 \H{errors-crc} \q{Incorrect \i{CRC} received on packet} or \q{Incorrect
 \i{MAC} received on packet}