Rework handling of authorisation errors.

We'd sometimes return "Internal server error" on authentication
failures.  This should be gone now.

group/group.go

@@ -26,9 +26,25 @@ var Directory, DataDirectory string
 var UseMDNS bool
 var UDPMin, UDPMax uint16
 
-var ErrNotAuthorised = errors.New("not authorised")
+type NotAuthorisedError struct {
-var ErrAnonymousNotAuthorised = errors.New("anonymous users not authorised in this group")
+	err error
-var ErrDuplicateUsername = errors.New("this username is taken")
+}
+func (err *NotAuthorisedError) Error() string {
+	if err.err != nil {
+		return "not authorised: " + err.err.Error()
+	}
+	return "not authorised"
+}
+func (err *NotAuthorisedError) Unwrap() error {
+	return err.err
+}
+
+var ErrAnonymousNotAuthorised = &NotAuthorisedError{
+	err: errors.New("anonymous users not authorised in this group"),
+}
+var ErrDuplicateUsername = &NotAuthorisedError{
+	errors.New("this username is taken"),
+}
 
 type UserError string
 
@@ -935,7 +951,7 @@ func (g *Group) getPasswordPermission(creds ClientCredentials) ([]string, error)
 			}
 			return p, nil
 		}
-		return nil, ErrNotAuthorised
+		return nil, &NotAuthorisedError{}
 	}
 	if found, good := matchClient(creds, desc.Presenter); found {
 		if good {
@@ -945,7 +961,7 @@ func (g *Group) getPasswordPermission(creds ClientCredentials) ([]string, error)
 			}
 			return p, nil
 		}
-		return nil, ErrNotAuthorised
+		return nil, &NotAuthorisedError{}
 	}
 	if found, good := matchClient(creds, desc.Other); found {
 		if good {
@@ -955,9 +971,10 @@ func (g *Group) getPasswordPermission(creds ClientCredentials) ([]string, error)
 			}
 			return p, nil
 		}
-		return nil, ErrNotAuthorised
+		return nil, &NotAuthorisedError{}
+
 	}
-	return nil, ErrNotAuthorised
+	return nil, &NotAuthorisedError{}
 }
 
 // Return true if there is a user entry with the given username.
@@ -1006,7 +1023,7 @@ func (g *Group) getPermission(creds ClientCredentials) (string, []string, error)
 		username, perms, err =
 			tok.Check(conf.CanonicalHost, g.name, creds.Username)
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", nil, err
+			return "", nil, &NotAuthorisedError{err: err}
 		}
 		if username == "" && creds.Username != nil {
 			if g.userExists(*creds.Username) {

group/group_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package group
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
@@ -157,8 +158,9 @@ func TestPermissions(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, c := range badClients {
 		t.Run("bad "+*c.Username, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var autherr *NotAuthorisedError
 			_, p, err := g.GetPermission(c)
-			if err != ErrNotAuthorised {
+			if !errors.As(err, &autherr) {
 				t.Errorf("GetPermission %v: %v %v", c, err, p)
 			}
 		})

rtpconn/webclient.go

@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ func pushDownConn(c *webClient, id string, up conn.Up, tracks []conn.UpTrack, re
 
 	down, _, err := addDownConn(c, up)
 	if err != nil {
-		if err == os.ErrClosed {
+		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrClosed) {
 			return nil
 		}
 		return err
@@ -1412,21 +1412,22 @@ func handleClientMessage(c *webClient, m clientMessage) error {
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			var e, s string
+			var autherr *group.NotAuthorisedError
 			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 				s = "group does not exist"
-			} else if err == group.ErrNotAuthorised {
+			} else if errors.Is(err, group.ErrAnonymousNotAuthorised) {
-				s = "not authorised"
-				time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
-			} else if err == group.ErrAnonymousNotAuthorised {
 				s = "please choose a username"
-			} else if _, ok := err.(group.UserError); ok {
+			} else if errors.Is(err, token.ErrUsernameRequired) {
-				s = err.Error()
-			} else if err == token.ErrUsernameRequired {
 				s = err.Error()
 				e = "need-username"
-			} else if err == group.ErrDuplicateUsername {
+			} else if errors.Is(err, group.ErrDuplicateUsername) {
 				s = err.Error()
 				e = "duplicate-username"
+			} else if errors.As(err, &autherr) {
+				s = "not authorised"
+				time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
+			} else if _, ok := err.(group.UserError); ok {
+				s = err.Error()
 			} else {
 				s = "internal server error"
 				log.Printf("Join group: %v", err)

webserver/webserver.go

@@ -132,8 +132,10 @@ func httpError(w http.ResponseWriter, err error) {
 		notFound(w)
 		return
 	}
-	if os.IsPermission(err) {
+	var autherr *group.NotAuthorisedError
-		http.Error(w, "Forbidden", http.StatusForbidden)
+	if errors.As(err, &autherr) {
+		log.Printf("HTTP server error: %v", err)
+		http.Error(w, "not authorised", http.StatusUnauthorized)
 		return
 	}
 	var mberr *http.MaxBytesError
@@ -230,7 +232,8 @@ func (fh *fileHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		if err != nil {
 			// return 403 if index.html doesn't exist
 			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				err = os.ErrPermission
+				http.Error(w, "Forbidden", http.StatusForbidden)
+				return
 			}
 			httpError(w, err)
 			return
@@ -706,7 +709,8 @@ func checkGroupPermissions(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, groupname str
 		}
 	}
 	if err != nil || !record {
-		if err == group.ErrNotAuthorised {
+		var autherr *group.NotAuthorisedError
+		if errors.As(err, &autherr) {
 			time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
 		}
 		return false

webserver/whip.go

@@ -219,11 +219,7 @@ func whipEndpointHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	c := rtpconn.NewWhipClient(g, id, token)
 
 	_, err = group.AddClient(g.Name(), c, creds)
-	if err == group.ErrNotAuthorised ||
+	if err != nil {
-		err == group.ErrAnonymousNotAuthorised {
-		http.Error(w, "Authentication failed", http.StatusUnauthorized)
-		return
-	} else if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("WHIP: %v", err)
 		httpError(w, err)
 		return