Remove "Verbosity" config field and rename "DebugMode" to "Verbose" for enabling command line output on errors

cmd/gochan/main.go

@@ -35,11 +35,17 @@ func main() {
 
 	fmt.Printf("Starting gochan v%s\n", versionStr)
 	config.InitConfig(versionStr)
+	config.SetVerbose(true)
 
+	uid, gid := config.GetUser()
 	systemCritical := config.GetSystemCriticalConfig()
-
-	err := gcplugin.LoadPlugins(systemCritical.Plugins)
+	err := gcutil.InitLogs(systemCritical.LogDir, true, uid, gid)
 	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error opening logs:", err.Error())
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	if err = gcplugin.LoadPlugins(systemCritical.Plugins); err != nil {
 		gcutil.LogFatal().Err(err).Msg("failed loading plugins")
 	}
 
@@ -59,14 +65,13 @@ func main() {
 		Msg("Connected to database")
 
 	if err = gcsql.CheckAndInitializeDatabase(systemCritical.DBtype); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Failed to initialize the database:", err.Error())
 		gcutil.LogFatal().Err(err).Msg("Failed to initialize the database")
 	}
 	events.TriggerEvent("db-initialized")
 	parseCommandLine()
 	serverutil.InitMinifier()
 	// posting.InitGeoIP()
-	// posting.InitCaptcha()
+	posting.InitCaptcha()
 
 	if err = gctemplates.InitTemplates(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Failed initializing templates:", err.Error())
@@ -85,6 +90,10 @@ func main() {
 	sc := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(sc, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM, os.Interrupt)
 	posting.InitPosting()
+	if err = gcutil.InitLogs(systemCritical.LogDir, systemCritical.Verbose, uid, gid); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error opening logs:", err.Error())
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 	go initServer()
 	<-sc
 }

cmd/gochan/server.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func initServer() {
 
 	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", systemCritical.ListenIP+":"+strconv.Itoa(systemCritical.Port))
 	if err != nil {
-		if !systemCritical.DebugMode {
+		if !systemCritical.Verbose {
 			fmt.Printf("Failed listening on %s:%d: %s", systemCritical.ListenIP, systemCritical.Port, err.Error())
 		}
 		gcutil.LogFatal().Err(err).Caller().
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func initServer() {
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
-		if !systemCritical.DebugMode {
+		if !systemCritical.Verbose {
 			fmt.Println("Error initializing server:", err.Error())
 		}
 		gcutil.Logger().Fatal().

pkg/config/config.go

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ type SystemCriticalConfig struct {
 	DBpassword string
 	DBprefix   string
 
-	DebugMode  bool
+	Verbose    bool `json:"DebugMode"`
 	RandomSeed string
 	Version    *GochanVersion `json:"-"`
 	TimeZone   int            `json:"-"`
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ type SiteConfig struct {
 
 	MaxRecentPosts        int
 	RecentPostsWithNoFile bool
-	Verbosity             int
 	EnableAppeals         bool
 	MaxLogDays            int
 
@@ -374,8 +373,12 @@ func DeleteBoardConfig(dir string) {
 	delete(boardConfigs, dir)
 }
 
-func GetDebugMode() bool {
-	return cfg.testing || cfg.SystemCriticalConfig.DebugMode
+func VerboseMode() bool {
+	return cfg.testing || cfg.SystemCriticalConfig.Verbose
+}
+
+func SetVerbose(verbose bool) {
+	cfg.Verbose = verbose
 }
 
 func GetVersion() *GochanVersion {

pkg/config/jsonvars_test.go

@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ const (
 		"GeoIPDBlocation": "/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat",
 		"MaxRecentPosts": 12,
 		"RecentPostsWithNoFile": false,
-		"Verbosity": 0,
 		"EnableAppeals": true,
 		"MaxLogDays": 14,
 		"_comment": "Set RandomSeed to a (preferrably large) string of letters and numbers",

pkg/config/util.go

@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ func (iv *InvalidValueError) Error() string {
 	return str
 }
 
+// GetUser returns the IDs of the user and group gochan should be acting as
+// when creating files. If they are 0, it is using the current user
+func GetUser() (int, int) {
+	return uid, gid
+}
+
 func TakeOwnership(fp string) (err error) {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" || fp == "" || cfg.Username == "" {
 		// Chown returns an error in Windows so skip it, also skip if Username isn't set
@@ -78,7 +84,6 @@ func InitConfig(versionStr string) {
 		cfg.ListenIP = "127.0.0.1"
 		cfg.Port = 8080
 		cfg.UseFastCGI = true
-		cfg.DebugMode = true
 		cfg.testing = true
 		cfg.TemplateDir = "templates"
 		cfg.DBtype = "sqlite3"
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ func InitConfig(versionStr string) {
 		cfg.RandomSeed = "test"
 		cfg.Version = ParseVersion(versionStr)
 		cfg.SiteSlogan = "Gochan testing"
-		cfg.Verbosity = 1
+		cfg.Verbose = true
 		cfg.Captcha.OnlyNeededForThreads = true
 		cfg.Cooldowns = BoardCooldowns{0, 0, 0}
 		cfg.BanColors = []string{
@@ -161,10 +166,6 @@ func InitConfig(versionStr string) {
 	}
 
 	cfg.LogDir = gcutil.FindResource(cfg.LogDir, "log", "/var/log/gochan/")
-	if err = gcutil.InitLogs(cfg.LogDir, cfg.DebugMode, uid, gid); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error opening logs:", err.Error())
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
 
 	if cfg.Port == 0 {
 		cfg.Port = 80

pkg/gcsql/database.go

@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func sqlVersionError(err error, dbDriver string, query *string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	if config.GetSystemCriticalConfig().DebugMode {
+	if config.GetSystemCriticalConfig().Verbose {
 		return fmt.Errorf(UnsupportedSQLVersionMsg+"\nQuery: "+*query, errText)
 	}
 	return fmt.Errorf(UnsupportedSQLVersionMsg, errText)

pkg/gcsql/util.go

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func SetupSQLString(query string, dbConn *GCDB) (string, error) {
 		}
 		prepared = strings.Join(arr, "")
 	case "sqlmock":
-		if config.GetDebugMode() {
+		if config.VerboseMode() {
 			prepared = query
 			break
 		}

pkg/gcutil/logger.go

@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ func LogDiscard(events ...*zerolog.Event) {
 
 func initLog(logPath string, debug bool) (err error) {
 	if logFile != nil {
-		// log file already initialized, skip
-		return nil
+		// log already initialized
+		if err = logFile.Close(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 	logFile, err = os.OpenFile(logPath, logFlags, logFileMode) // skipcq: GSC-G302
 	if err != nil {
@@ -77,8 +79,10 @@ func initLog(logPath string, debug bool) (err error) {
 
 func initAccessLog(logPath string) (err error) {
 	if accessFile != nil {
-		// access log already initialized, skip
-		return nil
+		// access log already initialized, close it first before reopening
+		if err = accessFile.Close(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 	accessFile, err = os.OpenFile(logPath, logFlags, logFileMode) // skipcq: GSC-G302
 	if err != nil {
@@ -88,8 +92,8 @@ func initAccessLog(logPath string) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func InitLogs(logDir string, debug bool, uid int, gid int) (err error) {
-	if err = initLog(path.Join(logDir, "gochan.log"), debug); err != nil {
+func InitLogs(logDir string, verbose bool, uid int, gid int) (err error) {
+	if err = initLog(path.Join(logDir, "gochan.log"), verbose); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err = logFile.Chown(uid, gid); err != nil {
@@ -144,6 +148,7 @@ func LogDebug() *zerolog.Event {
 }
 
 func CloseLog() error {
+
 	if logFile == nil {
 		return nil
 	}

pkg/server/serverutil/antispam.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 // ValidReferer checks to make sure that the incoming request is from the same domain (or if debug mode is enabled)
 func ValidReferer(request *http.Request) bool {
-	if config.GetDebugMode() {
+	if config.VerboseMode() {
 		return true
 	}
 	referer := request.Referer()