Web control can set config values to nonsense values

[worikgh]

Raspberry Pi Zero
Built from Git/master

Using the web control interface I could set:
locate_motion_mode to purple

Reading the code at motion.c:2793, at first glance, this looks equivalent to it being set to off

[tosiara]

What would you like motion to do in this case?

[worikgh]

I would expect it not to change the value and return a HTTP 400 error

[tosiara]

Ok. And what should happen if you specify locate_motion_mode purple in your config? Should motion start and continue using default values or exit?

[worikgh]

I would expect startup to fail if there is nonsense in the configuration file.

[tosiara]

The idea was to force motion start and do the job regardless of any mistakes in the config. That's why, for example, motion starts anyway if the config does not exist at all

Will leave this as a feature request