Subj : Some help with login/logon and shell javascript
To   : alterego
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue May 26 2020 06:31 pm

  Re: Some help with login/logon and shell javascript
  By: alterego to Digital Man on Wed May 27 2020 09:58 am

 >   Re: Some help with login/logon and shell javascript
 >   By: Digital Man to alterego on Tue May 26 2020 04:28 pm
 >
 >  > 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
 >  > al>> line 488 (answer) checking "User not logged on" access=0
 >
 >  DM> No. I'm guessing your call to bbs.logon() is failing before it can set
 >  DM> SS_USERON, so your log output should give the details why.
 >
 > Not sure that I follow (and the above is the only thing in the error log):
 >
 > Here is my call:
 > if (bbs.login(fo.frame_fields[0].fvalue,null,fo.frame_fields[1].fvalue)) {
 >  log(LOG_DEBUG,'  - User:'+JSON.stringify(bbs.user));
 >  bbs.logon();
 >  log(LOG_DEBUG,'  - EXIT:');
 >  exit();
 > }
 >
 > If I comment out bbs.logon(), I get the error message.

You must call bbs.logon().

 > If I call it, and it only does:
 >
 > // ANSItex Logon Shell
 > console.print('LOGON...');
 >
 > (only 2 lines)

bbs.logon() does a lot more than just call your logon module. See sbbs_t::logon() in src/sbbs3/logon.cpp if you're curious.

 > I dont get the error message.

Your logon module is not part of the solution or the problem.

 > I also made logon.js a zero byte file, and the same result. Success if I
 > call bbs.logon(), failure if I dont call it.

Correct.

 > Should I be setting SS_USERON somewhere before exiting if I dont want to
 > call logon.js?

No. Just call bbs.logon().

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