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util.startup: Improve error message when failing to load config file The current error text always implied that the file is missing, but it could also be a permissions issue, or something else. Now it will handle those two cases, and show the error from the system otherwise.
author Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com>
date Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:50:23 +0100
parents 2041c347c178
children c1469296190d a874c3f4570a
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95 elseif prosody.process_type == "prosody" then 95 elseif prosody.process_type == "prosody" then
96 config.set_credential_fallback_mode("error"); 96 config.set_credential_fallback_mode("error");
97 else 97 else
98 config.set_credential_fallback_mode("warn"); 98 config.set_credential_fallback_mode("warn");
99 end 99 end
100 local ok, level, err = config.load(filename); 100 local ok, level, err, errno = config.load(filename);
101 if not ok then 101 if not ok then
102 print("\n"); 102 print("\n");
103 print("**************************"); 103 print("**************************");
104 if level == "parser" then 104 if level == "parser" then
105 print("A problem occurred while reading the config file "..filename); 105 print("A problem occurred while reading the config file "..filename);
111 else 111 else
112 print("Error"..(err_line and (" on line "..err_line) or "")..": "..(err_message or tostring(err))); 112 print("Error"..(err_line and (" on line "..err_line) or "")..": "..(err_message or tostring(err)));
113 end 113 end
114 print(""); 114 print("");
115 elseif level == "file" then 115 elseif level == "file" then
116 print("Prosody was unable to find the configuration file."); 116 local err_kind;
117 print("We looked for: "..filename); 117 if errno == 2 then
118 print("A sample config file is included in the Prosody download called prosody.cfg.lua.dist"); 118 err_kind = "find";
119 print("Copy or rename it to prosody.cfg.lua and edit as necessary."); 119 elseif errno == 13 then
120 err_kind = "access";
121 else err_kind = "open";
122 end
123 print(("Prosody was unable to %s the configuration file:"):format(err_kind));
124 print(filename);
125 print("");
126 if err_kind == "access" then
127 print(prosody.process_type.." does not have permission to open the file.");
128 print("Try running the command again as a user with permission to read the config file.");
129 elseif err_kind == "find" then
130 print("A sample config file is included in the Prosody download called prosody.cfg.lua.dist");
131 print("Copy or rename it to "..filename.." and edit as necessary.");
132 else
133 print(err);
134 end
135 print("");
120 end 136 end
121 print("More help on configuring Prosody can be found at https://prosody.im/doc/configure"); 137 print("More help on configuring Prosody can be found at https://prosody.im/doc/configure");
122 print("Good luck!"); 138 print("Good luck!");
123 print("**************************"); 139 print("**************************");
124 print(""); 140 print("");