I gave up

main.js

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import path from 'path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
-import session from 'express-session';
 import expressWs from 'express-ws';
 import { spawn } from 'node-pty';
 import json from './secrets/config.json' with { type: 'json' };
@@ -13,76 +12,18 @@ const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)),
 expressWs(app); // enable websockets for the app
 
 
-// configure session
-app.use(session({
-	secret: json.secretkey,
-	resave: false,
-	saveUninitialized: false
-}));
-
-
 // parse form data
 app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
 app.use(express.json({ extended: true }));
 app.use('/node_modules', express.static('node_modules'));
 
 
-// authentication middleware
-function requireAuth(req, res, next) {
-	if (req.session && req.session.authenticated) {
-		return next();
-	} else {
-		res.redirect('/login');
-	}
-}
-
-
-// serve login page
-app.get('/login', (req, res) => {
-	res.sendFile('login.html', { root: path.join(__dirname, 'HTML') });
-});
-
-
-app.post('/login', async (req, res) => {
-	try {
-		const username = req.body.username;
-		const password = req.body.password;
-
-		// validate input
-		if (!username) return res.status(400).send('Username is required');
-		if (!password) return res.status(400).send('Password is required');
-
-		const { uname, upass } = json;
-
-		if (username !== uname) return res.sendStatus(404);
-		else if (password !== upass) return res.sendStatus(401);
-
-		req.session.authenticated = true;
-		req.session.username = username;
-
-		return res.redirect('/shell');
-	} catch (err) {
-		console.error(err);
-		res.status(500).send('Internal server error');
-	}
-});
-
-
-
 // shell interface
-app.get('/shell', requireAuth, (req, res) => {
+app.get('/shell', (req, res) => {
 	res.sendFile('shell.html', { root: path.join(__dirname, 'HTML') });
 });
 
 
-// logout route
-app.get('/logout', (req, res) => {
-	req.session.destroy(() => {
-		res.redirect('/login');
-	});
-});
-
-
 // when a websocket is opened at /shell-ws, spawn a fish shell in a pty
 app.ws('/shell-ws', (ws, req) => {
 	// spawn a fish shell using node-pty with a pseudo-terminal