Document "No supported authentication methods available", and make it clear

that TIS/CryptoCard auth can be used for simple passwords too.

[originally from svn r7730]

diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but
index ac76be8b7dc6da5f8da15cae33656920790bb7cc..98b4a7e21e80bc6b75cd14fb53a5bfe05b46cb28 100644 (file)
--- 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 cbca36b3c3994bea87e9d235741571683d20cb10..5a0d83dc966d31ab24c1cf5dfc4d914316506c7d 100644 (file)
--- 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}