A missing basedir should cause an error if we try to read the config. refs #1971

Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood <david-sarah@jacaranda.org>

diff --git a/src/allmydata/node.py b/src/allmydata/node.py
index 19e28ad1e084ecea1914adb56609e6556a363729..384c75fa089afe581d5fd96f288c1f4bcef46840 100644 (file)
--- a/src/allmydata/node.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/node.py
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ class ConfigMixin:
         except EnvironmentError:
             if os.path.exists(tahoe_cfg):
                 raise
+            if not os.path.isdir(self.basedir):
+                raise MissingConfigEntry("%s is missing or not a directory." % quote_output(self.basedir))
 
     def error_about_old_config_files(self):
         """ If any old configuration files are detected, raise OldConfigError. """