Console commands not working

[delladea]

I've just begin the process of setting up my Dreamhack config according to the wiki. I've gotten to the point of updating my code to the latest version (as described in Dev Maintenance) and creating several test accounts.

No matter which account I'm logged into or what privs that account has, I cannot run console commands at all. Not even commands available to all accounts like ban-set. Every command gives an error message "There is no such command '<command-name>'." At this point, I haven't messed with any of the existing code.

How do I fix this?

Edit: Underscores! I was using dashes instead of underscores in the console commands and my brain didn't catch that. Solved. :D

Comments

[sophie]

Hi!

What commands have you tried? I ask because, for example, the command you mention in the post doesn't actually have a hyphen, but an underscore - it's ban_set, not ban-set. Using the latter will get you the error you mentioned, so I'm just wanting to make sure the command you're entering is actually correct. (You can use the 'help' command to see what commands are available.)

If it's still not working, we'll try troubleshooting it from there. :)

[delladea]

I ask because, for example, the command you mention in the post doesn't actually have a hyphen, but an underscore - it's ban_set, not ban-set.

That's exactly what I was doing: mixing up underscores and dashes. I am so used to dashes and my sub-caffeinated self didn't catch that yesterday. Kind of embarrassed that I WTF'd over this for an hour without catching that. *blush*

Tried several commands on my hack and they all work perfectly. Thank you so much for the help!

[sophie]

Don't be embarrassed. This sort of thing happens more often than you'd think, even to people used to working with this stuff. :)

[denise]

Also, a possible thing: be sure you're using ban_set username and not ban_set <username>. (The brackets are there to show it's a variable.) That's gotten people confused before!

I just checked, and the console commands work on my 'hack, so it's not something we broke, at least! (Which has totally happened before. Heh.)

[delladea]

sophie nailed my issue. Sometimes my brain just doesn't differentiate between dashes and underscores.

I think I will either add more caffeine or walk away for a while and come back to the issue before bothering y'all next time. Thank you both for the help!

[denise]

Oh, it's totally not a bother! There's a ton of stuff that everyone thinks "oh, it's just the way it is" and doesn't think to explain, things like "underscores and hyphens are interchangeable in journal URLs but not in console commands". It's not a problem :)

[sophie]

I agree with denise - this sort of question is totally not a bother. That's what this community is here for!

I'm glad you got the problem sorted out!