Node-solid-server: --no-webid doesn't work?

[SvenDowideit]

root@7a97f621b985:/solid# 
root@7a97f621b985:/solid# 
root@7a97f621b985:/solid# /usr/local/bin/solid start --no-webid

  error: unknown option `--no-webid'

root@7a97f621b985:/solid# /usr/local/bin/solid start --help

  Usage: start [options]

  run the Solid server

  Options:

    -h, --help                 output usage information
    --root [value]             Root folder to serve (defaut: './')
    --port [value]             SSL port to use
    --webid                    Enable WebID+TLS authentication (use `--no-webid` for HTTP instead of HTTPS)
    --auth [value]             Pick an authentication strategy for WebID: `tls` or `oidc`

[timbl]

I found this problem too. The command line parsing seems to have rotted a bit. You can put "webid": false, in the config.json file.

[melvincarvalho]

I think the line is here:

https://github.com/solid/node-solid-server/blob/master/bin/lib/options.js#L26

Resolution is to remove the text (use--no-webidfor HTTP instead of HTTPS) and write something more helpful

  {
    name: 'webid',
    help: 'Enable WebID+TLS authentication (use `--no-webid` for HTTP instead of HTTPS)',
    flag: true,
    question: 'Enable WebID authentication',
    prompt: true
  }

[dmitrizagidulin]

This should be fixed in the latest commit. Closing.

[crtahlin]

I have this issue with the version I installed today via npm, I don't have any certificates installed or even a config.json file, but I guess that should not be a problem?

   crt@aaa:~$ solid start --no-webid
   error: unknown option `--no-webid'

Also (maybe this should be another issue?) I tried to get a version number with solid --version, but there is no output (or maybe the output is an empty line or sth like that).

[kjetilk]

Hmmm, indeed.

AFAICS, there hasn't been any changes in that since the dawn of ages:
https://github.com/solid/node-solid-server/blame/master/bin/lib/start.js#L71
But I don't know the entire history here, so I'll reopen in case someone who does can comment.

[michielbdejong]

Looks like as a commandline switch this was never implemented, even if the readme does mention it. There is a webid: false config option, so we should check if that one works correctly.