Subj : Some help with login/logon and shell javascript
To   : alterego
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue May 26 2020 04:28 pm

  Re: Some help with login/logon and shell javascript
  By: alterego to Digital Man on Wed May 27 2020 08:26 am

 >   Re: Some help with login/logon and shell javascript
 >   By: alterego to Digital Man on Tue May 26 2020 05:14 pm
 >
 > Howdy DM,
 >
 > I havent figure this one out yet - if you could give me some advice.
 >
 >  al> If I dont call bbs.logon(), then I get an error after bbs.login()
 >  al> 5/26 17:00:33 term Node 1 <Test>   - EXIT:
 >  al> 5/26 17:00:33 term Node 1 <Test> !ERROR 0 (Success) in answer.cpp line
 >  al> 488 (answer) checking "User not logged on" access=0
 >
 > In my login.js, if I dont call bbs.logon() before exiting, I get the above
 > error and it terminates the session.
 >
 > It seems Error 0 (Success) is not an error?

It's an error in this case. Something needs to set the SS_USERON flag in sbbs_t::sys_status. This is normally done via sbbs_t::logon() (JS bbs.logon()).

 > And to validate, if I create a logon.js with only:
 >
 > // ANSItex Logon Shell
 > console.print('LOGON...');
 >
 > I dont get the error...
 >
 > Must you call a logon.js via bbs.logon()?

No. I'm guessing your call to bbs.logon() is failing before it can set SS_USERON, so your log output should give the details why.


                                            digital man

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