From 2751836458c5b2d23b5159fa28c9ced5c3485f34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mertmit <mertmit99@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 22:29:10 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: allow env variables to recover missing super user

Signed-off-by: mertmit <mertmit99@gmail.com>
---
 .../lib/meta/api/userApi/initAdminFromEnv.ts  | 53 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/api/userApi/initAdminFromEnv.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/api/userApi/initAdminFromEnv.ts
index 82896ad0c3..fc8e08264e 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/api/userApi/initAdminFromEnv.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/api/userApi/initAdminFromEnv.ts
@@ -63,11 +63,10 @@ export default async function initAdminFromEnv(_ncMeta = Noco.ncMeta) {
         salt
       );
       const email_verification_token = uuidv4();
+      const roles = 'user,super';
 
       // if super admin not present
       if (await User.isFirst(ncMeta)) {
-        const roles = 'user,super';
-
         // roles = 'owner,creator,editor'
         Tele.emit('evt', {
           evt_type: 'project:invite',
@@ -96,8 +95,56 @@ export default async function initAdminFromEnv(_ncMeta = Noco.ncMeta) {
         const superUser = await ncMeta.metaGet2(null, null, MetaTable.USERS, {
           roles: 'user,super',
         });
+        
+        if (!superUser?.id) {
+          const existingUserWithNewEmail = await User.getByEmail(email, ncMeta);
+          if (existingUserWithNewEmail?.id) {
+            // clear cache
+            await NocoCache.delAll(
+              CacheScope.USER,
+              `${existingUserWithNewEmail.email}___*`
+            );
+            await NocoCache.del(
+              `${CacheScope.USER}:${existingUserWithNewEmail.id}`
+            );
+            await NocoCache.del(
+              `${CacheScope.USER}:${existingUserWithNewEmail.email}`
+            );
 
-        if (email !== superUser.email) {
+            // Update email and password of super admin account
+            await User.update(
+              existingUserWithNewEmail.id,
+              {
+                salt,
+                email,
+                password,
+                email_verification_token,
+                token_version: null,
+                refresh_token: null,
+                roles,
+              },
+              ncMeta
+            );
+          } else {
+            Tele.emit('evt', {
+              evt_type: 'project:invite',
+              count: 1,
+            });
+    
+            await User.insert(
+              {
+                firstname: '',
+                lastname: '',
+                email,
+                salt,
+                password,
+                email_verification_token,
+                roles,
+              },
+              ncMeta
+            );
+          }
+        } else if (email !== superUser.email) {
           // update admin email and password and migrate projects
           // if user already present and associated with some project