From 7f5b51a8f3bf384c5e9cfa9839c07e05f6b09809 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eddie Kohler <ekohler@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:41:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Chair can "act as" a CDB-only user.

---
 src/contact.php | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/contact.php b/src/contact.php
index 804a00748..ad5a650fe 100644
--- a/src/contact.php
+++ b/src/contact.php
@@ -664,10 +664,11 @@ private function actas_user($x) {
 
         // new account must exist
         $u = $this->conf->user_by_email($email);
-        if (!$u
-            && validate_email($email)
-            && $this->conf->opt("debugShowSensitiveEmail")) {
-            $u = Contact::make_email($this->conf, $email)->store();
+        if (!$u && validate_email($email)) {
+            $u = $this->conf->cdb_user_by_email($email);
+            if (!$u && $this->conf->opt("debugShowSensitiveEmail")) {
+                $u = Contact::make_email($this->conf, $email)->store();
+            }
         }
         if (!$u) {
             return $this;