Error: Only STAFF members are allowed to entry before DemocracyOS is initialized.

[crass]

I've set up a development instance on a local server and signed up with the email I set in STAFF, following the installation instructions. Since I'm in development mode, the account is automatically verified. When I login with a bad password I get, correctly, an error saying invalid email or password. And when I try to login I get the following error. It is my understanding that I must first login to configure a forum. Has anyone else encountered this, know how to work around it, or have an idea of what I might have done wrong?

  democracyos:db-api:forum Searching for forum with name undefined +342ms
  democracyos:db-api:forum No forum found with name undefined +9ms
Error: Only STAFF members are allowed to entry before DemocracyOS is initialized.
    at module.exports.canManage (/home/user/democracyos.git/lib/middlewares/user/index.js:33:12)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/home/user/democracyos.git/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
    at next (/home/user/democracyos.git/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:137:13)
    at /home/user/democracyos.git/lib/middlewares/forum-middlewares/index.js:97:5
    at Query.<anonymous> (/home/user/democracyos.git/lib/db-api/forum.js:165:16)
    at /home/user/democracyos.git/node_modules/kareem/index.js:273:21
    at /home/user/democracyos.git/node_modules/kareem/index.js:131:16
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:73:7)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:104:9)

[marcocastignoli]

Hey I had the same problem, the solution is to add your email in an environment variable called STAFF.

If you are using docker then you have to edit the file docker/.env and add
[email protected]

This variable is then transfromed into an array so if you have multiple staff members just put commas between the emails