Error with no error messages.

I've tried debugging this problem for over 2 hours now and I can't find the issue(s). It's probably something stupid, but if someone would like to have a go at it, I would very much appreciate anything you may or may not find. :D/>/> The purpose of this program is for a client to send a username and password to a server computer that then checks if the account exists, and if not, starts creating an account with the help of the clientside.

SERVER:

function clear()
term.clear()
term.setCursorPos(1,1)
end

function new()
rednet.send(x,"NEWREADY")
x,y,z = rednet.receive()
f = io.open(z,"w")
f:write("USERNAME: "..z.."n")
rednet.send(x,"PASS?")
x,y,z = rednet.receive()
f:write("PASSWORD: "..z.."n")
rednet.send(x,"MC?")
x,y,z = rednet.receive()
f:write("MCUSER: "..z.."n")
f:close()
rednet.send(x,"DONE")
end

function validate()
x,y,z = rednet.receive()
if z == "NEW" then
new()
else
print("New Login Attempt")
if fs.exists(z) then
print("Username "..z.." exists!")
rednet.send(x,"true")
f = fs.open(z,"w")
x,y,z = rednet.receive()
password = f.readLine(2)
if password == z then
MCUser = f.readLine(3)
rednet.send(x,MCUser)
else
rednet.send(x,"false")
new()
end
else
rednet.send(x,"false")
end
end
end
rednet.open("top")
validate()

CLIENT:

--Variables
redSide = "top"
serverID = 7
compName = os.getComputerID()
--Clear function
function clear()
term.clear()
term.setCursorPos(1,1)
end
--NewAccount
function new()
clear()
print("Username")
user = io.read()
print("Password:")
password = read("*")
print("MC Username:")
MCUser = io.read()
rednet.send(serverID,"NEW")
x,y,z = rednet.receive()
if x == serverID and z == "NEWREADY" then
rednet.send(serverID,user)
x,y,z = rednet.receive()
if x == serverID and z == "PASS?" then
rednet.send(serverID,password)
x,y,z = rednet.receive()
if x == serverID and z == "MC?" then
rednet.send(serverID,MCUser)
x,y,z = rednet.receive()
if x == serverID and z == "DONE" then
print("Account created!")
print("Username: "..user)
print("Password: The password you entered...")
print("MCUsername: "..MCUser)
print("Rebooting to apply changes...")
sleep(3)
os.reboot()
end
end
end
end
end

--Main
function login()
print("######OSTest1.0######")
print("########Login########")
print("---------------------")
print("Username:")
user = io.read()
print("Password:")
pass = read("*")
clear()
print("Opening Rednet...")
rednet.open(redSide)
print("Sending username...")
rednet.send(serverID,user)
x,y,z = rednet.receive(10)
if x == serverID and z == "true" then
print("Account exists!")
sleep(1)
print("Sending password...")
rednet.send(serverID,pass)
a,b,c = rednet.receive(10)
if a == serverID and c ~= "false" then
print("Password validated!")
sleep(1)
print("Welcome "..c.."!")
elseif a == serverID and c == "false" then
print("Password invalid.")
sleep(2)
login()
end
elseif x == serverID and z == "false" then
print("Account not yet created.")
print("Please enter admin password now to create one")
print("Administrator Password:")
adminPass = read("*")
rednet.send(serverID,adminPass)
d,e,f = rednet.receive()
if d == serverID and f == "true" then
print("Administrator Logged In!")
print("Create a new account now!")
sleep(3)
new()
end
end
end

function boot()
textutils.slowPrint("Welcome to OSTest v1.1!")
sleep(2)
clear()
login()
end
boot()

PROBLEMATIC CODE:

SERVER:

if fs.exists(z) then
print("Username "..z.." exists!")
rednet.send(x,"true")
f = fs.open(z,"w")
x,y,z = rednet.receive()
password = f.readLine(2)
if password == z then
MCUser = f.readLine(3)
rednet.send(x,MCUser)
else
rednet.send(x,"false")
new()
end
else
rednet.send(x,"false")
end
end
end
rednet.open("top")
validate()

CLIENT:

rednet.send(serverID,user)
x,y,z = rednet.receive(10)
if x == serverID and z == "true" then
print("Account exists!")
sleep(1)
print("Sending password...")
rednet.send(serverID,pass)
a,b,c = rednet.receive(10)
if a == serverID and c ~= "false" then
print("Password validated!")
sleep(1)
print("Welcome "..c.."!")
elseif a == serverID and c == "false" then
print("Password invalid.")
sleep(2)
login()
end
elseif x == serverID and z == "false" then
print("Account not yet created.")
print("Please enter admin password now to create one")
print("Administrator Password:")
adminPass = read("*")
rednet.send(serverID,adminPass)
d,e,f = rednet.receive()
if d == serverID and f == "true" then
print("Administrator Logged In!")
print("Create a new account now!")
sleep(3)
new()
end
end
end

What's wrong with it? What does it not do or do wrong? More information is always better then less.

might not be the only issue, didn't go through all the code, but right at the start of server, you call rednet.send("NEWREADY"), but rednet.send needs 2 params, the first being the id of the computer to send to. Did you mean rednet.broadcast("NEWREADY") there?

GopherAtl, on 10 September 2012 - 10:40 PM said:

might not be the only issue, didn't go through all the code, but right at the start of server, you call rednet.send("NEWREADY"), but rednet.send needs 2 params, the first being the id of the computer to send to. Did you mean rednet.broadcast("NEWREADY") there?

So I fixed that, but it still doesn't run through the program. Both the client and the server program stop running after I send the username and password to the server.

I updated the first post with the problematic parts of both pieces of code.

can you please post the entire code file and the exact problem that occurs?

apart from that you may also want to format your code like this:

function foo()
  for i = 1, 5 do
	print("bar")
  end
end

instead of

function foo()
for i = 1, 5 do
print("bar")
end
end

that makes it a lot more readable and makes troubleshooting a lot easier :)/>/>