Problem codes and messages

Problem Codes

Cockpit represents problems with standardized problem string codes.

+"access-denied"+

The user is not permitted to perform the action in question.

+"authentication-failed"+

User authentication failed.

+"internal-error"+

An unexpected internal error without further info. This should not happen during the normal course of operations.

+"no-cockpit"+

The system does not have a compatible version of Cockpit installed or installed properly.

+"no-session"+

Cockpit is not logged in.

+"not-found"+

Something specifically requested was not found, such as a file, executable etc.

+"terminated"+

Something was terminated forcibly, such as a connection, process session, etc.

+"timeout"+

Something timed out.

+"unknown-hostkey"+

The remote host had an unexpected or unknown key.

+"no-forwarding"+

Could not forward authentication credentials to the remote host.

cockpit.message()

message = cockpit.message(problem)
message = cockpit.message(exception)

Return a message for the +exception+ or +problem+ code passed as an argument. If the argument is an object with a +"message"+ property, as is the case with most exceptions, that will be returned directly. If the argument is an object with a +"problem"+ property, then it will be used as the problem code. An appropriate message will be returned for problem codes.