From cd17d790673229ca0dfa42666a1800916a987578 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paulo Castro <paulo@balena.io>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 16:13:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ssh: Advise use of 'balena login' if root authentication
 fails

Change-type: patch
---
 lib/utils/ssh.ts | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/utils/ssh.ts b/lib/utils/ssh.ts
index 5782da4b..0f005050 100644
--- a/lib/utils/ssh.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/ssh.ts
@@ -299,7 +299,13 @@ export const findBestUsernameForDevice = _.memoize(
 			const { getCachedUsername } = await import('./bootstrap');
 			username = (await getCachedUsername())?.username;
 		}
-		return username || 'root';
+		if (!username) {
+			const { stripIndent } = await import('./lazy');
+			throw new ExpectedError(stripIndent`
+				SSH authentication failed for 'root@${hostname}'.
+				Please login with 'balena login' for alternative authentication.`);
+		}
+		return username;
 	},
 );