[BUG] oc login doesn't work without username oc login https://api.crc.testing:6443

[praveenkumar]

It is happening with 4.7.0 bundles, works as expected with 4.6.x bundles.

$ oc login https://api.crc.testing:6443
The server uses a certificate signed by an unknown authority.
You can bypass the certificate check, but any data you send to the server could be intercepted by others.
Use insecure connections? (y/n): yes
You must obtain an API token by visiting https://oauth-openshift.apps-crc.testing/oauth/token/request

$ oc login https://api.crc.testing:6443 --v=9
[...]
I0301 15:30:29.226953 1480426 round_trippers.go:454]     Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:00:29 GMT
I0301 15:30:29.226983 1480426 multi.go:78] handler[0] error: did not receive username - print token url instead of basic prompt
I0301 15:30:29.226997 1480426 request_token.go:240] did not receive username - print token url instead of basic prompt
[...]

[guillaumerose]

Apparently this was introduced in oc by openshift/oc#553

[e-minguez]

Based on #2033 has been merged, I guess this can be closed, right? Thanks

[andreaskaris]

Did we make this change on purpose? It looks like it. If so, this is really confusing to our customer base. Also, our documentation is out of date atm: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.7/cli_reference/openshift_cli/getting-started-cli.html#cli-installing-cli_cli-developer-commands

What about changing the following message:

[quicklab@upi-0 ~]$ oc login --server=https://(...):6443 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=true
You must obtain an API token by visiting https://oauth-openshift.apps.(...)/oauth/token/request

At least to:

[quicklab@upi-0 ~]$ oc login --server=https://(...):6443 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=true
You must obtain an API token by visiting https://oauth-openshift.apps.(...)/oauth/token/request
If you wish to login via username and password, provide the --username <username> parameter

So that we spare our customers the step to open our documentation?

[guillaumerose]

@andreaskaris I totally agree with your point. Your suggestion looks good. Maybe open a PR or an issue in the oc repo ?

[andreaskaris]

Done: openshift/oc#817

Sorry, I had not realized that this was the wrong repository :-)

[guillaumerose]

The usage message is working in crc. We can't do much for now.