ecet4640-lab5

Instructions for this assignment are located at this link

Some todos

• log when client disconnects, log user if extant

• implement advertisement

• implement registered users files

• implement lockfile

• implement command line args

  • 'headless' command again, to ./nohup itself
  • stop command
  • reset command

• implement interrupt signals, sigterm signals, for graceful shutdown (write lockfile, ensure text is normal color)

• logging to logfile?

• Note: the server IP is: 158.83.254.100 but it doesn't appear we can expose ports currently. Should talk to Prof. chen about this.

Protocol

Send to Client:

Message A text message Error A server-side error, accompanying a connection close?

Send to Server: userID as a string... REGISTER - register your user HELP - get a list of available commands EXIT - disconnect from the server MYINFO - get info about yourself

ADVERTISEMENT - send ascii art //define size of ascii art

Their buffer size should be at least 11k bytes to accomodate Advertisements

Bonus Possibilities:

1. ADVERTISEMENT - send them ascii art of the software development club
2. let them change GPA / age / etc SET GPA 2.5 SET AGE 99 RANDOM GPA RANDOM AGE
3. Messages SEND MESSAGE READ MESSAGES
4. WHO (who is online?) - Unregistered?????

Some high-priority Todos

• Line 83 ish of Connection.c:

  • write a function to handle ClientState_Accessing

• Line 86 of Connection.c

  • write a function to handle ClientState_Registered

• Line 31 of Connection.c

  • finish writing the update thread (writes registered file if data is dirty)

• Logger improvements

  • seperate server-settings.txt parameters for console log level and logfile log leve
  • printing logs to console in the appropriate color
  • prepending text indicating the log type, eg [ERROR]
  • prepending a date string
  • actually using the logging functionality around the program