typicode/hotel

Handle permissions issues in ~/.hotel

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#178 opened on Mar 1, 2017

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Description

  1. Handle ENOSPC and EACCES in src/daemon/index.js
  2. If not on Windows, show a message suggesting to try sudo chown -R $USER: $HOME/.hotel
  3. Log error message and stacktrace
  4. process.exit(1)

See https://github.com/typicode/hotel/issues/147

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In src/daemon/index.js, add error handling for ENOSPC and EACCES errors. Check if the platform is not Windows, then log a message suggesting `sudo chown R $USER: $HOME/.hotel`. Log the error message and stack trace, then call process.exit(1).
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