better authentication failure handling

Author: caplan

soloutils/__init__.py

@@ -29,7 +29,15 @@ def _connect(ip, await=True, silent=False):
     socket.setdefaulttimeout(5)
     message = silent
     start = time.time()
+    tryCount = 0
     while True:
+
+        if (tryCount >= 5):
+            print 'error: unable to connect after {} attempts, giving up.'.format(tryCount)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        tryCount = tryCount + 1
+
         try:
             client.connect(ip, username='root', password='TjSDBkAu', timeout=5)
         except paramiko.BadHostKeyException:
@@ -39,6 +47,9 @@ def _connect(ip, await=True, silent=False):
             print ''
             print 'and try again'
             sys.exit(1)
+        except paramiko.AuthenticationException as e:
+            print 'ssh authentication error'
+            raise e
         except Exception as e:
             if not await:
                 raise e