Added auto config backup and restore for upgarades

This does remove all comments from the config file

autocomplete/howdy

@@ -42,4 +42,5 @@ _howdy() {
 	return 0
 }
 
+# Register the autocomplete function
 complete -F _howdy howdy

debian/postinst

@@ -36,8 +36,34 @@ def handleStatus(status):
 		sys.exit(1)
 
 
-# We're not in fresh configuration mode (probably an upgrade), so exit
+# We're not in fresh configuration mode so don't continue the setup
 if not os.path.exists("/tmp/howdy_picked_device"):
+	# Check if we have an older config we can restore
+	if len(sys.argv) > 2:
+		if os.path.exists("/tmp/howdy_config_backup_v" + sys.argv[2] + ".ini"):
+			# Get the config parser
+			import configparser
+
+			# Load th old and new config files
+			oldConf = configparser.ConfigParser()
+			oldConf.read("/tmp/howdy_config_backup_v" + sys.argv[2] + ".ini")
+			newConf = configparser.ConfigParser()
+			newConf.read("/lib/security/howdy/config.ini")
+
+			# Go through every setting in the old config and apply it to the new file
+			for section in oldConf.sections():
+				for (key, value) in oldConf.items(section):
+					try:
+						newConf.set(section, key, value)
+					# Add a new section where needed
+					except configparser.NoSectionError as e:
+						newConf.add_section(section)
+						newConf.set(section, key, value)
+
+			# Write it all to file
+			with open("/lib/security/howdy/config.ini", "w") as configfile:
+				newConf.write(configfile)
+
 	sys.exit(0)
 
 # Open the temporary file containing the device ID
@@ -162,7 +188,7 @@ if "HOWDY_NO_PROMPT" not in os.environ:
 
 	# Abort the whole thing if it's not
 	if (ans.lower() != "y"):
-		print("Inerpeting as a \"NO\", aborting")
+		print("Interpreting as a \"NO\", aborting")
 		sys.exit(1)
 
 print("Adding lines to PAM\n")

debian/preinst

@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@ import os
 import re
 import signal
 
+# Backup the config file if we're upgrading
+if "upgrade" in sys.argv:
+	# Try to copy the config file as a backup
+	try:
+		subprocess.call(["cp /lib/security/howdy/config.ini /tmp/howdy_config_backup_v" + sys.argv[2] + ".ini"], shell=True)
+
+		# Let the user know so he knows where to look on a failed install
+		print("Backup of Howdy config file created in /tmp/howdy_config_backup_v" + sys.argv[2] + ".ini")
+	except e:
+		print("Could not make an backup of old Howdy config file")
+
+	# Don't continue setup when we're just upgrading
+	sys.exit(0)
+
 # Don't run if we're not trying to install fresh
 if "install" not in sys.argv:
 	sys.exit(0)

src/compare.py

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ timings.append(time.time())
 video_capture = cv2.VideoCapture(int(config.get("video", "device_id")))
 
 # Force MJPEG decoding if true
-if config.get("debug", "force_mjpeg") == "true":
+if config.get("video", "force_mjpeg") == "true":
 	video_capture.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FOURCC, 1196444237)
 
 # Capture a single frame so the camera becomes active

src/config.ini

@@ -46,3 +46,5 @@ dark_threshold = 50
 [debug]
 # Show a short but detailed diagnostic report in console
 end_report = false
+
+dummy = true