Re: [sudo-access] problem with access granting script

Why is this script doing anything asynchronously in the first place? Were you suggesting that this behavior is unavoidable in node? (WTF?) On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 11:57 AM Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: > > there is a bad bug in the script we use to add keycards to the access > control > system, called grant_access_to_last_attempt.js > > that script should make the filesystem read-write before attempting to add > the > record, but since it's written in node, there is no sequentiality to it at > all > and the dinosaurs coexist with the humans like in The Flintstones and > nothing > gets done. > > I asked Corey for help and he made some changes to the script but it > didn't > work. If anyone wants to fix this it would be a good idea. > > Presently, when someone tries to use this script to add someone to the > access > system, it asks all the questions and lets you fill them in and then it > fails. > You have to run rwroot to make the filesystem writeable and try again, > typing > in everything again. > > and then it leaves the filesystem in a writeable state, because people > ignore > the warning on the prompt saying to run roroot to put it back, and > eventually > it will ruin the disk on the front door computer. > > here is the github pull request, that didn't work. > > https://github.com/sudoroom/doorjam/pull/7 > _______________________________________________ > access mailing list > access(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/access