The host will no longer store logs in the database. Instead,
logging is done by syslog if running linux. If running
Windows, logs are now stored in a local file in the app
config directory.
Fixed a bug with -add_admin that would fail to create more
than one admin accounts in sequence due to the blank email
addresses being blank. It will now create fake email
addresses unique to each admin account.
Added -res_pw to reset user acccount passwords from the CLI
if needed.
Logging was also expanded to capture and log all failures
reported by all modules stderr output.
Updated build.py and install.py for QT6 support and moved
the linux .service file from /etc to /lib to conform to
systemd standards.
Removed the ls_dbg command because in database logging is
no longer done.
changed the TEXT type id format from UTF16LE to UTF8 (no BOM). this
included all displayable text used throughout this project. doing
this reduced overhead because UTF16 strings required 2 bytes per
char while UTF8 runs on 1 byte for char. this string format also
expands support for QTs built in Postgresql driver or any driver
that supports UTF8 unicode only.
added "mod_instructions" to the client header format so the client
applications themselves can send direct command line args to the
modules loaded by the host. note: main.cpp needed to be modified
to check for core module parameters before checking the additional
parameters sent by the client; doing this protects against possible
unintentional core parameters being sent by the client.
added a Q_OS_WINDOWS check to applink.c so this file is completely
ignored when compiling on a Linux platform.
all commands that send emails will now return an appropriate error
message if the internal email client fails for any reason.
added a db_settings.json file that the host will now check for to
get database parameters such as hostname, username, driver and
password. doing this opens up the host to other database drivers
other than SQLITE. if not present, the host will create a default
db_settings file that uses SQLITE.
added the -ls_sql_drvs command line arg that will list all of the
SQL drivers that the host currently has installed and can be used
in the db_settings file.
-the add_mod command now requires the -mod_path argument as it should.
-the session now filter out bad NEW_CMD frames based on bad command names and incorrect
frame sizes.
-modules running in list mode can now send ERR frames to the session to log error
messages to the host database.
Made some major changes to the project to facilitate a lighter code base and the
must flexible module interface possible.
-the mutli-process architecture now operate at the command object level so each
command now operate in it's own process instead of a single process handling
multiple command objects.
-each module is now an independent application that will now tell the session
object all of the commands it can run via named pipe. during command execution,
it will run the requested command object also running io with the session object
via named pipe.
with this change, it is now possible for modules to be developed in different
versions or QT or entirely different languages. the only requirement is the need
to support named pipes. shared memory segments is also a nice to have but not
needed.
-clients can now run multiple instances of the same command via changes to the
protocol. mrci frames will now include a branch id along with the command id.
the branch id can be used by clients to differentiate the io between instances
of the same command.
-the command states are longer controlled by a single object. it will now be up
to the command object (internal/exterenal) to send an IDLE frame to the client
to notify it that the command has finished. the session object will still track
if the command is in idle state or not but not directly control it.
-must async commands now use binary formatted data instead of TEXT as a way to
reduce overhead.
-all command objects can now send async commands. it is no longer limited to just
internal commands, however; the data of these async commands are verified by
session in some way to prevent host crashing due to malformed data.
-changed up the database structure to rely more on user ids, channel ids and
removed all foreign keys pointing to user names, channel names and sub-channel
names. also removed the groups table altogether. instead, the host rank is now
directly attached to the user data in the users table.
-changed the query object to now support the INNER JOIN SQL clause. this change
was needed to support the new database structure.
-version negotiation is now one-way via tcp connection or module interface.
the host will make it's own verion numner known to the client connected via
tcp or the module connected via named pipe. it will now be entirely up to the
client or module to decide if they support the host. another change in this
regard is the removal of the import rev for the modules. compatibility for
modules shall now use just the host verion.
-removed ls_cmds and cmd_info. the NEW_CMD frame now carries all information
about the command (cmd_id, cmd_name, summery, io and full_description) so it
is now possible for the clients to display the command documentation instead
of the host.
Documentation for the internal commands were updated to reflect the changes but
all other documentation will need to be updated in the near future.
