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author | Jacob Nevins <jacobn@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2015-11-21 15:21:31 +0300 |
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committer | Jacob Nevins <jacobn@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2015-11-21 15:21:31 +0300 |
commit | c4f963ebd71dd07b3c6dcade9a2a9a86a7322519 (patch) | |
tree | 1aebad17ef551c43c1701b459fa4b7fec4cdd00c /doc/errors.but | |
parent | 470337d0f2591534221390f50a69f8c9f6fe0558 (diff) |
Document 'Cannot assign requested address' error.
Often it means you tried to connect to port 0.
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diff --git a/doc/errors.but b/doc/errors.but index 2d253520..bf9672d0 100644 --- a/doc/errors.but +++ b/doc/errors.but @@ -338,3 +338,13 @@ things into PuTTY while the network is down, but it can also occur if PuTTY decides of its own accord to send data: due to a repeat key exchange in SSH-2 (see \k{config-ssh-kex-rekey}) or due to keepalives (\k{config-keepalive}). + +\H{errors-cannotassignaddress} \q{Network error: Cannot assign requested +address} + +This means that the operating system rejected the parameters of the +network connection PuTTY tried to make, usually without actually +trying to connect to anything, because they were simply invalid. + +A common way to provoke this error is to accidentally try to connect +to port 0, which is not a valid port number. |