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[Brad Crittenden <bac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 30, 2009, at 03:57 , Max Bowsher wrote:

> Karl Fogel wrote:
> > BUGabundo <BUGabundo@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > > rocketfuel-setup script checks for many things, even installs apache
> > > (just hope with the correct defaults), but gives errors with
> > > ~/.ssh/launchpad_id_dsa and a few others way above on my tty.
> > >
> > > this is running a clean install of jaunty server on virtualbox.
> > >
> > > shouldnt it generate this keys too? or at least better handle the  
> > > error.
> >
> > That's not a bad idea.  Do you feel up to trying to write a patch?
> > (Don't worry, it doesn't have to be right the first time; we'll  
> > happily
> > review and help.)
>
> Note that ~/.ssh/launchpad_id_dsa shouldn't be *generated*, rather it
> needs to be *copied* from the launchpad source tree.

Max is correct in that this SSH key is copied by rocketfuel-setup  
to .ssh/launchpad_id_dsa.  It should be renamed to indicate it is part  
of the launchpad.dev infrastructure so users don't mistakenly think it  
is part of their launchpad.net credentials.  BUGabundo it would be  
helpful if you could capture the error you saw and report it.

> > > Also, please consider how hard its to see all the backlog of this  
> > > on a
> > > TTY. Are there any logs one can checkout?
> >
> > None, but... same thought as above.  Want to help fix it?
>
> But do make sure to discuss any plans before you write a patch -
> personally I think it's more effective to use the scrollback or  
> logging
> facilities of your terminal or GNU screen than to put custom logging
> code in individual shellscripts.

I agree completely.

--Brad