At the moment, repeater owners tend to close off the "guest" access via a password, in order to not end up being targeted by telemetry and other associated BS, or to preemptively ward off attempts at hacking (can't exploit a potential issue if you can't login in the first place).
However, that leaves the "Owner" field inaccessible as well, which can be pretty annoying if the owner / their contact information isn't visible from the node's name (e.g. amateur radio operator callsign) and the repeater is misconfigured (e.g. lacks regions) or there is a need to reach the owner for other reasons (e.g. temporary shutdown of repeats to hone in on abusive actors by effective triangulation).
I'd therefore propose that the "Owner" field can always be requested over the air.
See also: #2143
At the moment, repeater owners tend to close off the "guest" access via a password, in order to not end up being targeted by telemetry and other associated BS, or to preemptively ward off attempts at hacking (can't exploit a potential issue if you can't login in the first place).
However, that leaves the "Owner" field inaccessible as well, which can be pretty annoying if the owner / their contact information isn't visible from the node's name (e.g. amateur radio operator callsign) and the repeater is misconfigured (e.g. lacks regions) or there is a need to reach the owner for other reasons (e.g. temporary shutdown of repeats to hone in on abusive actors by effective triangulation).
I'd therefore propose that the "Owner" field can always be requested over the air.
See also: #2143