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  • lord2.js line 1033: REF Error @datasave passed invalid rec parameter a

    From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Sat Apr 9 21:33:28 2022
    open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392

    Error has occurred 23 times on Vertrauen since April of 2021.
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Deucе@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sun Apr 10 12:13:50 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_2532

    Sounds like it's trying to do something when there's no current player record... do you have a way to reproduce it? Does it happen right after the door launches, or maybe right before it exits?
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sun Apr 10 12:36:19 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_2533

    I don't know how to recreate it as the errors are just showing up while users are playing lord2.js CNW:Here's the relevant log entries from yesterday:```4/9 07:07:34p Node 2 <styles> running external program: LORD2 Complete New World4/9 07:07:51p Node 2 <styles> Sat Apr 09 2022 19:07:50 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time), Node 2 s:\sbbs\xtrn\lord2\cnw\lord2.js line 1033: REF Error @datasave passed invalid rec parameter at npcname.ref:2114/9 07:12:25p Node 2 <styles> running external program: LORD2```So it looks to me like it occurred after 17 seconds after they started running the game. I don't know if they were already exiting at the time or not. It's happened to several different users, so it's not always the user user.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wed Apr 13 21:02:18 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_2545

    term Node 3 <Phantomrage> Wed Apr 13 2022 20:55:10 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time), Node 3 s:\sbbs\xtrn\lord2\cnw\lord2.js line 1033: REF Error @datasave passed invalid rec parameter at npcname.ref:211
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Oct 16 18:55:45 2023
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_4342

    Again:
    `term Node 13 <No-Name> Mon Oct 16 2023 18:47:51 GMT-0700 (PDT), Node 13 /sbbs/xtrn/lord2/cnw/lord2.js line 1033: REF Error @datasave passed invalid rec parameter at npcname.ref:211`
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Jan 2 18:55:38 2024
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_4653

    Same error just logged:
    ```
    lord2.js line 1033: REF Error @datasave passed invalid rec parameter at npcname.ref:211
    ```
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sun Jan 14 17:50:37 2024
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_4673

    A couple more lord2.js errors today:
    ```
    Sun Jan 14 2024 05:49 pm vert.synchro.net ERROR occurred:
    term Node 2 <Gandolf> Sun Jan 14 2024 17:49:09 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time),
    Node 2 s:\sbbs\xtrn\lord2\cnw\l2lib.js line 1112: REF Error Invalid integer (s3
    2): NaN at npcwed.ref:16

    Sun Jan 14 2024 05:49 pm vert.synchro.net ERROR occurred:
    term Node 2 <Gandolf> Sun Jan 14 2024 17:49:14 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time),
    Node 2 s:\sbbs\xtrn\lord2\cnw\lord2.js line 1033: REF Error @datasave passed in
    valid rec parameter at npcname.ref:211
    ```
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sat Feb 10 13:39:27 2024
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_4793

    Here are more occurrences (always seem to come in pairs):
    ```
    term Node 1 <David Murray> Wed Feb 07 2024 17:31:55 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time), Node 1 s:\sbbs\xtrn\lord2\cnw\l2lib.js line 1112: REF Error Invalid integer (s32): NaN at npcwed.ref:16
    term Node 1 <David Murray> Wed Feb 07 2024 17:31:58 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time), Node 1 s:\sbbs\xtrn\lord2\cnw\lord2.js line 1033: REF Error @datasave passed invalid rec parameter at npcname.ref:211
    term Node 6 <Markandpreston> Sat Feb 10 2024 10:38:24 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time), Node 6 s:\sbbs\xtrn\lord2\cnw\l2lib.js line 1112: REF Error Invalid integer (s32): NaN at npcwed.ref:16
    term Node 6 <Markandpreston> Sat Feb 10 2024 10:38:26 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time), Node 6 s:\sbbs\xtrn\lord2\cnw\lord2.js line 1033: REF Error @datasave passed invalid rec parameter at npcname.ref:211
    ```
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Jun 18 18:40:14 2024
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_5373

    Yup, still happening:
    ```
    Tue Jun 18 2024 05:37 pm vert.synchro.net ERROR occurred:
    term Node 3 <Srknight> Tue Jun 18 2024 17:37:32 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
    , Node 3 s:\sbbs\xtrn\lord2\cnw\l2lib.js line 1112: REF Error Invalid integer (s32): NaN at npcwed.ref:16 Tue Jun 18 2024 05:37 pm vert.synchro.net ERROR occurred:
    term Node 3 <Srknight> Tue Jun 18 2024 17:37:38 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
    , Node 3 s:\sbbs\xtrn\lord2\cnw\lord2.js line 1033: REF Error @datasave passed invalid rec parameter at npcname.ref:211
    ```
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Fri Aug 9 11:46:04 2024
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_5506

    And another instance of this same set of errors:

    ```
    Fri Aug 09 2024 02:42 am cvs.synchro.net ERROR occurred: term Node 11 <Rixter> Fri Aug 09 2024 02:42:53 GMT-0700 (PDT), Node 11 /sbbs/xtrn/lord2/cnw/l2lib.js line 1112: REF Error Invalid integer (s32): NaN at npcwed.ref:16
    Fri Aug 09 2024 02:42 am cvs.synchro.net ERROR occurred: term Node 11 <Rixter> Fri Aug 09 2024 02:42:53 GMT-0700 (PDT), Node 11 /sbbs/xtrn/lord2/cnw/lord2.js line 1033: REF Error @datasave passed invalid rec parameter at npcname.ref:211
    ```
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sat Mar 22 20:18:46 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_6775

    Yup, this still a problem:

    ```
    Sat Mar 22 2025 08:15 pm vert.synchro.net ERROR occurred:
    term Node 1 <Digital Man> Sat Mar 22 2025 20:15:34 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Ti
    me), Node 1 s:\sbbs\xtrn\lord2\cnw\lord2.js line 1033: REF Error @datasave passe
    d invalid rec parameter at npcname.ref:211
    Sat Mar 22 2025 08:15 pm vert.synchro.net ERROR occurred:
    term Node 1 <Digital Man> Sat Mar 22 2025 20:15:43 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Ti
    me), Node 1 s:\sbbs\xtrn\lord2\cnw\lord2.js line 1033: REF Error @datasave passe
    d invalid rec parameter at npcname.ref:211
    ```
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Deucе@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sat Mar 22 20:42:56 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_6776

    So it looked like it happened to you this time, where were you doing when the errors occurred? Does it happen right after the door launches, or maybe right before it exits?
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Mar 24 14:30:09 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_6795

    Your latest change does provide more detail:
    ```
    3 │ LORD2 Complete New World
    4 │ LORD2 DOS
    5 │ Trade Wars 2
    6 │ The Beast's Domain
    7 │ Global War
    8 │ Trade Wars 2002
    9 │ Trade Wars GameServer
    10 │ Galactic Dynasty
    11 │ Barren Realms Elite
    12 │ LORE
    13 │ Adventure
    14 │ Legion

    Which or Quit: 3
    !JavaScript recordfile.js line 74: Error: Failed to open file /sbbs/xtrn/lord2/cnw/trader.dat
    ```

    But the file exists:
    ```
    $ ll /sbbs/xtrn/lord2/cnw/trader.dat
    -rwxrwxrwx 1 sbbs sbbs 2386 Mar 24 14:24 /sbbs/xtrn/lord2/cnw/trader.dat
    ```

    There are symlinks in that path (on the Samba server), but I'm not sure why that'd matter since the file is readable using the specified path.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Mar 24 14:35:58 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_6796

    I added more detail to that error exception and it does appear to be a permission issue:
    `!JavaScript recordfile.js line 74: Error: 13 (Permission denied) opening '/sbbs/xtrn/lord2/cnw/trader.dat'`
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Mar 24 16:25:08 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_6797

    Ah, big clue, if I open for in "rb" mode, no problem, it's "rb+" that fails, so must just be lacking write permission somewhere.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Mar 24 16:31:58 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_6798

    Okay, so this appears to have been the issue:

    from the BBS host (git.synchro.net):
    ```
    -rwxrwxrwx 1 sbbs sbbs 2386 Mar 24 14:24 trader.dat
    ```

    Same file, on the Samba server:
    ```
    -rw-r--r-- 1 rswindell rswindell 2386 Mar 24 14:24 trader.dat
    ```

    The bbs runs as 'sbbs' and 'sbbs' is in the 'rswindell' group, so a 'chmod a+w *' fixed that up.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Mar 24 17:00:21 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_6799

    I solved the stat/ls info mismatch (between client and server) with the following smb.conf change:
    ```
    store dos attributes = no
    map readonly = Permissions
    ```
    Just an FYI.
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  • From Deucе@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Mar 25 07:27:11 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392#note_6804

    Closing issue, feel free to reopen if you see it again.
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  • From Deucе@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Tue Mar 25 07:27:12 2025
    close https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/392
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