* New user / apply crashes if no message areas defined #19

core/bbs.js

@@ -47,9 +47,18 @@ function bbsMain() {
 					//	If the user supplied a path and we can't read/parse it 
 					//	then it's a fatal error
 					//
+					if(err) {
+						if('ENOENT' === err.code) {
+							console.error('Configuration file does not exist: ' + configPath);
+						} else {
+							console.error(err.toString());
+						}
+					}
+					callback(err);
+					/*
 					if(configPathSupplied && err) {
 						if('ENOENT' === err.code) {
-							console.error('Configuration file does not existing: ' + configPath);
+							console.error('Configuration file does not exist: ' + configPath);
 						} else {
 							console.error('Failed parsing configuration: ' + configPath);
 						}
@@ -57,6 +66,7 @@ function bbsMain() {
 					} else {
 						callback(null);
 					}
+					*/
 				});
 			},
 			function initSystem(callback) {

core/config.js

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ function init(configPath, cb) {
 	async.waterfall(
 		[
 			function loadUserConfig(callback) {
-		
+				if(_.isString(configPath)) {
 					fs.readFile(configPath, { encoding : 'utf8' }, function configData(err, data) {
 						if(err) {
-						callback(null, { } );
+							callback(err);
 						} else {
 							try {
 								var configJson = hjson.parse(data);
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ function init(configPath, cb) {
 							}
 						}
 					});
+				} else {
+					callback(null, { } );
+				}
 			},
 			function mergeWithDefaultConfig(configJson, callback) {
 				var mergedConfig = _.merge(getDefaultConfig(), configJson, function mergeCustomizer(conf1, conf2) {
@@ -39,6 +42,23 @@ function init(configPath, cb) {
 					}
 				});
 
+				callback(null, mergedConfig);
+			},
+			function validate(mergedConfig, callback) {
+				//
+				//	Various sections must now exist in config
+				//
+				if(!_.has(mergedConfig, 'messages.areas.') ||
+					!_.isArray(mergedConfig.messages.areas) ||
+					0 == mergedConfig.messages.areas.length ||
+					!_.isString(mergedConfig.messages.areas[0].name))
+				{
+					var msgAreasErr = new Error('Please create at least one message area');
+					msgAreasErr.code = 'EBADCONFIG';
+					callback(msgAreasErr);
+					return;
+				}
+
 				callback(null, mergedConfig);
 			}
 		],