Use 33 characters admin channels

lib/commands/channel.js

@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ Channel.writePrivateMessage = function (Env, args, _cb, Server, netfluxId) {
             var allowed = HK.listAllowedUsers(metadata);
 
             // Special broadcast channel
-            if (channelId === '00000000000000000000000000000000') {
+            if (channelId.length === HK.ADMIN_CHANNEL_LENGTH) {
                 allowed = Env.admins;
             }
 
@@ -283,12 +283,19 @@ Channel.writePrivateMessage = function (Env, args, _cb, Server, netfluxId) {
 
         // historyKeeper already knows how to handle metadata and message validation, so we just pass it off here
         // if the message isn't valid it won't be stored.
-        Env.historyKeeper.channelMessage(Server, channelStruct, fullMessage);
+        Env.historyKeeper.channelMessage(Server, channelStruct, fullMessage, function (err) {
+            if (err) {
+                // Message not stored...
+                return void cb(err);
+            }
 
-        Server.getChannelUserList(channelId).forEach(function (userId) {
-            Server.send(userId, fullMessage);
+            // Broadcast the message
+            Server.getChannelUserList(channelId).forEach(function (userId) {
+                Server.send(userId, fullMessage);
+            });
         });
 
+
         cb();
     });
 };

lib/hk-util.js

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const getHash = HK.getHash = function (msg, Log) {
 // historyKeeper should explicitly store any channel
 // with a 32 character id
 const STANDARD_CHANNEL_LENGTH = HK.STANDARD_CHANNEL_LENGTH = 32;
+const ADMIN_CHANNEL_LENGTH = HK.ADMIN_CHANNEL_LENGTH = 33;
 
 // historyKeeper should not store messages sent to any channel
 // with a 34 character id
@@ -883,7 +884,8 @@ HK.onChannelMessage = function (Env, Server, channel, msgStruct, cb) {
     // don't store messages if the channel id indicates that it's an ephemeral message
     if (!channel.id || channel.id.length === EPHEMERAL_CHANNEL_LENGTH) { return void cb(); }
 
-    if (channel.id === '00000000000000000000000000000000' && msgStruct[1] !== null) {
+    // Admin channel. We can only write to this one from private message (RPC)
+    if (channel.id.length === ADMIN_CHANNEL_LENGTH && msgStruct[1] !== null) {
         return void cb('ERESTRICTED_ADMIN');
     }
 

www/common/outer/mailbox.js

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ define([
     var BLOCKING_TYPES = [
     ];
 
-    var BROADCAST_CHAN = '00000000000000000000000000000000';
+    var BROADCAST_CHAN = '000000000000000000000000000000000'; // Admin channel, 33 characters
 
     var initializeMailboxes = function (ctx, mailboxes) {
         if (!mailboxes['notifications'] && ctx.loggedIn) {
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ define([
                 if (res.error) { console.error(res); }
             });
         }
+
+        // XXX Debugging code to remove deprecated dev data
+        if (mailboxes.broadcast && mailboxes.broacast.channel && mailboxes.broadcast.channel.length === 32) {
+            delete mailboxes['broadcast'];
+        }
+
         if (!mailboxes['broadcast']) {
             mailboxes.broadcast = {
                 channel: BROADCAST_CHAN,