lock down who may write the database for testing purposes. issue #460

lib/configuration.js

@@ -221,8 +221,11 @@ g_config['process_type'] = path.basename(process.argv[1], ".js");
 
 g_config['public_key'] = secrets.loadPublicKey('root', exports.get('var_path'));
 
-// only allow the dbwriter process to write to the database
-g_config.database.may_write = true; //(g_config.process_type === 'dbwriter');
+// only allow the dbwriter process to write to the database (or the unit tests)
+g_config.database.may_write = (g_config.process_type === 'dbwriter' ||
+                               g_config.process_type === 'vows' ||
+                               g_config.process_type === 'db-test');
+console.log(g_config.process_type, "may write", g_config.database.may_write);
 
 // log the process_type
 setTimeout(function() {

tests/lib/start-stop.js

@@ -219,4 +219,3 @@ exports.addShutdownBatches = function(suite) {
     }
   });
 }
-