Configfile-related errors aren't printed

[jplitza]

Description

Any error messages related to parsing the config file (those) aren't printed.

Expected behavior

Helpful error messages why the config is ignored

Environment

Go Version:

Ionosctl version:

6.8.0

OS:

Ubuntu 24.04

Shell:

bash

Configuration Files

Anything that is considered invalid, e.g. invalid JSON or wrong permissions.

How to Reproduce

$ echo '{"userdata.token":"foo"}' > /tmp/ionosctl.json
$ chmod 0600 /tmp/ionosctl.json
$ ionosctl --config /tmp/ionosctl.json whoami --provenance
Note: Authentication failed!
Authentication layers, in order of priority:
  [1] Global Flags (--token)
  [2] Environment Variables (IONOS_TOKEN, IONOS_USERNAME, IONOS_PASSWORD)
* [3] Config file settings (userdata.token, userdata.name, userdata.password) (USED)
    - Using token for authentication.
    - Using https://api.ionos.com as the API URL.
$ chmod 0640 /tmp/ionosctl.json
Note: Authentication failed! None of the authentication layers had a token, or both username & password set.
Authentication layers, in order of priority:
  [1] Global Flags (--token)
  [2] Environment Variables (IONOS_TOKEN, IONOS_USERNAME, IONOS_PASSWORD)
  [3] Config file settings (userdata.token, userdata.name, userdata.password)

That last command should have said "failed config file permissions check: invalid permissions for /tmp/ionosctl.json: expected 0600, got 0640"

Error and Debug Output

Additional Notes

References

I think you're dropping the generated error here

[glimberea]

Hi, thank you for bringing this up and apologies for the slow response! We've looked into it and we will include some additional error outputs in order to make debugging config file authentication easier.

[glimberea]

This issue was resolved by #498