Default board, userInfo fix

server/check_output_directory.js

@@ -16,17 +16,19 @@ async function get_error(directory) {
   if (!fs.statSync(directory).isDirectory()) {
     error = "exists, but is not a directory";
   }
-  const { uid, gid } = os.userInfo();
   const tmpfile = path.join(directory, Math.random() + ".json");
   try {
     fs.writeFileSync(tmpfile, "{}");
     fs.unlinkSync(tmpfile);
   } catch (e) {
-    return (
-      "does not allow file creation and deletion. " +
-      "Check the permissions of the directory, and if needed change them so that " +
-      `user with UID ${uid} has access to them. This can be achieved by running the command: chown ${uid}:${gid} on the directory`
-    );
+    let err_msg = "does not allow file creation and deletion. ";
+    try {
+        const { uid, gid } = os.userInfo();
+        err_msg += "Check the permissions of the directory, and if needed change them so that " +
+        `user with UID ${uid} has access to them. This can be achieved by running the command: chown ${uid}:${gid} on the directory`;
+      } finally {
+        return err_msg;
+      }
   }
   const fileChecks = [];
   const files = await fs.promises.readdir(directory, { withFileTypes: true });

server/configuration.js

@@ -57,5 +57,8 @@ module.exports = {
 
   /** Secret key for jwt */
   AUTH_SECRET_KEY: (process.env["AUTH_SECRET_KEY"] || ""),
+
+  /** If this variable is set, automatically redirect to this board from the root of the application. */
+  DEFAULT_BOARD: (process.env["WBO_DEFAULT_BOARD"]),
 
 };

server/server.js

@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ function handleRequest(request, response) {
 
     case "": // Index page
       logRequest(request);
+      if (config.DEFAULT_BOARD) {
+        response.writeHead(302, { Location: 'boards/' + encodeURIComponent(config.DEFAULT_BOARD) });
+        response.end(name);
+      } else
         indexTemplate.serve(request, response);
       break;