| Emiliano Gabrielli wrote: | uhm.. I think the confusion intrinsict in elog between long and short name is something to be solved ..
an attribute of type "userlist" fills always with the long_name .. but if I would to insert it as short ?
the users shown in the users admin dropdown menu is short .. why? .. may be I didnt understood the way this issue works ..  |
The "short name" is the equivalent to the unix login name. Under /etc/passwd, you have a login (short) name and a "full" (long) name. The first may not contain blanks, must be unique, while the second is more like a "real" name. This concept has been adapted in elog. While many people use cryptic or abbreviated login names, it's still nice know the real name, like if you get an email notification from someone. The userlist fills with the long_name because people refer to other people in the logbook usually with the real name (sometimes they even don't know the people's login name). The admin dropdown menu uses the short names because you look at the user database more from an administration point of view. Like if you edit /etc/passwd, you first look at the login name, not the full one. Maybe what one could add is to make the full name in the admin page a dropdown list as well, so the admin can either select the short or the long name. Another item for the wishlist |