put some basic validation into startup to check that things are there!

diff --git a/perl/cluster.pl b/perl/cluster.pl
index d108a560c3187871f370b6615afad51bab761ce4..59ff51782a9a5f5b06bef219ec871a28ab8b9f85 100755 (executable)
--- a/perl/cluster.pl
+++ b/perl/cluster.pl
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ BEGIN {
        unshift @INC, "$root/perl";     # this IS the right way round!
        unshift @INC, "$root/local";
 
+       # do some validation of the input
+       die "The directory $root doesn't exist, please RTFM" unless -d $root;
+       die "$root/local doesn't exist, please RTFM" unless -d "$root/local";
+       die "$root/local/DXVars doesn't exist, please RTFM" unless -e "$root/local/DXVars.pm";
+       
+       mkdir "$root/local_cmd" unless -e "$root/local_cmd";
+       
+
        # try to create and lock a lockfile (this isn't atomic but 
        # should do for now
        $lockfn = "$root/perl/cluster.lck";       # lock file name
@@ -382,6 +390,14 @@ Bands::load();
 dbg("loading user file system ..."); 
 DXUser->init($userfn, 1);
 
+# look for the sysop and the alias user and complain if they aren't there
+{
+       my $ref = DXUser->get($mycall);
+       die "$mycall missing, run the create_sysop.pl script and please RTFM" unless $ref && $ref->priv == 9;
+       $ref = DXUser->get($myalias);
+       die "$myalias missing, run the create_sysop.pl script and please RTFM" unless $ref && $ref->priv == 9;
+}
+
 # start listening for incoming messages/connects
 dbg("starting listeners ...");
 my $conn = IntMsg->new_server($clusteraddr, $clusterport, \&login);