Fixed the auto-subscription to channels by non-superusers. Resolves Issue 336. Removed a spurious print statement in the unloggedin create command.

src/commands/default/unloggedin.py

@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ class CmdUnconnectedCreate(MuxCommand):
             session.msg(string)
             return
         playername, password = parts
-        print "playername '%s', password: '%s'" % (playername, password)
 
         # sanity checks
         if not re.findall('^[\w. @+-]+$', playername) or not (0 < len(playername) <= 30):

src/comms/models.py

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ from src.utils.utils import is_iter, to_str, crop, make_iter
 
 __all__ = ("Msg", "TempMsg", "Channel", "PlayerChannelConnection", "ExternalChannelConnection")
 
-
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Msg
@@ -546,6 +545,15 @@ class Channel(SharedMemoryModel):
         Checks so this player is actually listening
         to this channel.
         """
+        # also handle object.player calls
+        player, typ = identify_object(player)
+        if typ == 'object':
+            player = player.player
+            player, typ = identify_object(player)
+        if player and not typ == "player":
+            logger.log_errmsg("Channel.has_connection received object of type '%s'. It only accepts players/characters." % typ)
+            return
+        # do the check
         return PlayerChannelConnection.objects.has_player_connection(player, self)
 
     def msg(self, msgobj, header=None, senders=None, persistent=True):