drop support for various serverside config points

config/config.example.js

@@ -218,30 +218,6 @@ module.exports = {
      */
     inactiveTime: 90, // days
 
-    /*  some features may require that the server be able to schedule tasks
-        far into the future, such as:
-            > "three months from now, this channel should expire"
-        To disable these features, set 'enableTaskScheduling' to false
-    */
-    enableTaskScheduling: true,
-
-    /*  Setting this value to anything other than true will cause file upload
-     *  attempts to be rejected outright.
-     */
-    enableUploads: true,
-
-    /*  If you have enabled file upload, you have the option of restricting it
-     *  to a list of users identified by their public keys. If this value is set
-     *  to true, your server will query a file (cryptpad/privileged.conf) when
-     *  users connect via RPC. Only users whose public keys can be found within
-     *  the file will be allowed to upload.
-     *
-     *  privileged.conf uses '#' for line comments, and splits keys by newline.
-     *  This is a temporary measure until a better quota system is in place.
-     *  registered users' public keys can be found on the settings page.
-     */
-    restrictUploads: false,
-
     /*  Max Upload Size (bytes)
      *  this sets the maximum size of any one file uploaded to the server.
      *  anything larger than this size will be rejected

rpc.js

@@ -771,30 +771,6 @@ var resetUserPins = function (Env, publicKey, channelList, cb) {
     });
 };
 
-var getPrivilegedUserList = function (cb) { // FIXME deprecate?
-    Fs.readFile('./privileged.conf', 'utf8', function (e, body) {
-        if (e) {
-            if (e.code === 'ENOENT') {
-                return void cb(void 0, []);
-            }
-            return void (e.code);
-        }
-        var list = body.split(/\n/)
-            .map(function (line) {
-                return line.replace(/#.*$/, '').trim();
-            })
-            .filter(function (x) { return x; });
-        cb(void 0, list);
-    });
-};
-
-var isPrivilegedUser = function (publicKey, cb) { // FIXME deprecate
-    getPrivilegedUserList(function (e, list) {
-        if (e) { return void cb(false); }
-        cb(list.indexOf(publicKey) !== -1);
-    });
-};
-
 var makeFileStream = function (root, id, cb) {
     var stub = id.slice(0, 2);
     var full = makeFilePath(root, id);
@@ -1831,7 +1807,7 @@ RPC.create = function (
             Respond('E_ACCESS_DENIED');
         };
 
-        var handleMessage = function (privileged) {
+        var handleMessage = function () {
             if (config.logRPC) { console.log(msg[0]); }
         switch (msg[0]) {
             case 'COOKIE': return void Respond(void 0);
@@ -1913,15 +1889,12 @@ RPC.create = function (
                     if (e) { return void Respond(e); }
                     Respond(void 0, "OK");
                 });
-            // restricted to privileged users...
             case 'UPLOAD':
-                if (!privileged) { return deny(); }
                 return void upload(Env, safeKey, msg[1], function (e, len) {
                     WARN(e, len);
                     Respond(e, len);
                 });
             case 'UPLOAD_STATUS':
-                if (!privileged) { return deny(); }
                 var filesize = msg[1];
                 return void upload_status(Env, safeKey, msg[1], function (e, yes) {
                     if (!e && !yes) {
@@ -1933,19 +1906,16 @@ RPC.create = function (
                     Respond(e, yes);
                 });
             case 'UPLOAD_COMPLETE':
-                if (!privileged) { return deny(); }
                 return void upload_complete(Env, safeKey, msg[1], function (e, hash) {
                     WARN(e, hash);
                     Respond(e, hash);
                 });
             case 'OWNED_UPLOAD_COMPLETE':
-                if (!privileged) { return deny(); }
                 return void owned_upload_complete(Env, safeKey, msg[1], function (e, blobId) {
                     WARN(e, blobId);
                     Respond(e, blobId);
                 });
             case 'UPLOAD_CANCEL':
-                if (!privileged) { return deny(); }
                 // msg[1] is fileSize
                 // if we pass it here, we can start an upload right away without calling
                 // UPLOAD_STATUS again
@@ -1982,27 +1952,7 @@ RPC.create = function (
         }
         };
 
-        // reject uploads unless explicitly enabled
+        handleMessage(true);
-        if (config.enableUploads !== true) {
-            return void handleMessage(false);
-        }
-
-        // allow unrestricted uploads unless restrictUploads is true
-        if (config.restrictUploads !== true) {
-            return void handleMessage(true);
-        }
-
-        // if session has not been authenticated, do so
-        var session = getSession(Sessions, safeKey);
-        if (typeof(session.privilege) !== 'boolean') {
-            return void isPrivilegedUser(publicKey, function (yes) {
-                session.privilege = yes;
-                handleMessage(yes);
-            });
-        }
-
-        // if authenticated, proceed
-        handleMessage(session.privilege);
     };
 
     var rpc = function (

server.js

@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ var historyKeeper;
 
 // Initialize tasks, then rpc, then store, then history keeper and then start the server
 var nt = nThen(function (w) {
-    if (!config.enableTaskScheduling) { return; }
     var Tasks = require("./storage/tasks");
     console.log("loading task scheduler");
     Tasks.create(config, w(function (e, tasks) {