I am in the process of setting up a new ELOG logbook.  I checked out rev2280 from svn.savannah.psi.ch.  I knew I wanted to encrypt passwords, so when I compiled, I used flags

USE_SSL=1

and

USE_CRYPT=1

I am running Red Hat enterprise linux 3, glibc-devel-2.3.2-95.50, openssl-devel-0.9.7a-33.25

Everything seemed to be working fine--I was able to set up logbooks using both a password file as well as write passwords and make entries to the logs.  Then I tried to use the command line 'elog' to make an entry which failed to both logbooks.

/opt/elog/pro/elogd -c /opt/elog/pro/dansce_fancy.cfg -l Demo1 -w <mypassword>

Would change the password in dansce_fancy.cfg and I could make entries through the web interface, but

elog -h acouture -s -p 8081 -w <mypassword> -l Demo1 -a Author="Aaron Couture" -a Type=Routine  -m Sampleinfo.txt -x -n 1

failed with

Error: Invalid user name or password

I got the same behaviour when I used a logbook with a user/password pair defined in a password file.

When I looked at the output from running elogd with the -v flag, I could see that everything was being received on the server side, but that the password did not agree with the write password in dansce_fancy.cfg

I then recompiled elog with

USE_SSL=1

USE_CRYPT=

And then the elog command line entries worked, both with write passwords and a password file (after recreating the password file and the write password).  Looking at the elog.c source code, it appears that it does not know to use crypt rather then base64_encode when USE_CRYPT is true.  elogd.c defined different behaviour if USE_CRYPT is defined.

Thanks,

Aaron Couture

Great! Thanks a lot for your patch. I appreciate if people not only come up with problems, but have already the solution. I committed your patch to the distribution, so it will be included in the next version.

- Stefan

Is there any way to directly paste an image from a Windows clipboard into an elog entry page?  It's obvious
for uploading a file, but many of my users say that they never make a file, they just want to paste in an image
already onscreen.

> Is there any way to directly paste an image from a Windows clipboard into an elog entry page?  It's obvious
> for uploading a file, but many of my users say that they never make a file, they just want to paste in an image
> already onscreen.

This is a limitation of the FCKEditor used inside ELOG, and actually of the whole browser concept under Windows. 
There are some extensions to Firefox which let your paste an image as an attachment, but none for doing this right 
into the text body. For some discussion about this have a look at

http://forums.developer.mindtouch.com/showthread.php?t=188

for example.

> > Is there any way to directly paste an image from a Windows clipboard into an elog entry page?  It's obvious
> > for uploading a file, but many of my users say that they never make a file, they just want to paste in an image
> > already onscreen.
> 
> This is a limitation of the FCKEditor used inside ELOG, and actually of the whole browser concept under Windows. 
> There are some extensions to Firefox which let your paste an image as an attachment, but none for doing this right 
> into the text body. For some discussion about this have a look at
> 
> http://forums.developer.mindtouch.com/showthread.php?t=188
> 
> for example.

Hmmm.  Well, does that mean that it is easier under Linux?  I have to confess I couldn't figure that out either.  But
I'd be delighted to have Yet Another Reason to tell the users that "it works under Linux, maybe you should switch...."  

> > > Is there any way to directly paste an image from a Windows clipboard into an elog entry page?  It's obvious
> > > for uploading a file, but many of my users say that they never make a file, they just want to paste in an image
> > > already onscreen.
> > 
> > This is a limitation of the FCKEditor used inside ELOG, and actually of the whole browser concept under Windows. 
> > There are some extensions to Firefox which let your paste an image as an attachment, but none for doing this right 
> > into the text body. For some discussion about this have a look at
> > 
> > http://forums.developer.mindtouch.com/showthread.php?t=188
> > 
> > for example.
> 
> Hmmm.  Well, does that mean that it is easier under Linux?  I have to confess I couldn't figure that out either.  But
> I'd be delighted to have Yet Another Reason to tell the users that "it works under Linux, maybe you should switch...."  

I'm not sure, but I doubt that it would work under Linux. It's a general security issue: If your browser has free access to 
your clipboard, then what happens if you for example copy-and-paste a password in some application, then forget your password 
in the clipboard, then you surf to a malicious website, and a script on that site grabs your clipboard contents? This would 
be a severe security hole on ANY operating system.

> > > > Is there any way to directly paste an image from a Windows clipboard into an elog entry page?  It's obvious
> > > > for uploading a file, but many of my users say that they never make a file, they just want to paste in an image
> > > > already onscreen.
> > > 
> > > This is a limitation of the FCKEditor used inside ELOG, and actually of the whole browser concept under Windows. 
> > > There are some extensions to Firefox which let your paste an image as an attachment, but none for doing this right 
> > > into the text body. For some discussion about this have a look at
> > > 
> > > http://forums.developer.mindtouch.com/showthread.php?t=188
> > > 
> > > for example.
> > 
> > Hmmm.  Well, does that mean that it is easier under Linux?  I have to confess I couldn't figure that out either.  But
> > I'd be delighted to have Yet Another Reason to tell the users that "it works under Linux, maybe you should switch...."  
> 
> I'm not sure, but I doubt that it would work under Linux. It's a general security issue: If your browser has free access to 
> your clipboard, then what happens if you for example copy-and-paste a password in some application, then forget your password 
> in the clipboard, then you surf to a malicious website, and a script on that site grabs your clipboard contents? This would 
> be a severe security hole on ANY operating system.

Hi there,

In a linux installation straight out of the box, I can cut-and-paste text from the mailer program (a stand-alone one called
XCmail), from an xterm or similar into elog with no trouble.  I've not tried an image, I just attach them as I use plain encoding.
 Don't know how it would work if it were on a properly secure linux box.

I have installed Elog in a Windows-environment. It's working fine, but i get a new logbookfile each day. Is it possible to have all entries in 1 logbookfile?

No. The standard database engine inside ELOG works this way. It allows you to backup then every month or year easily just on the file system by copying all 10????a.log files for example. If you would have just one file (which could become very large), there is no easy way to do that. 

hi sirs,

am using freebsd, this morning i started elog and did a few record with no problem.

just this afternoon when i enter firefox3 http://localhost:8000/, i got zero number of records for all of my logbooks.

but the data are not erased though.

any idea would be appreciated.

regards,

jotawski

I want to extend the usage of ELOG and have 2 Questions:

1. Is it possible to have Fields which only appears if another selection is done? e.g. I create a new entry. This new entry has a type field. If I chose the Type "ABC" another field appears where the departemnt could be choosen. If I select Type "DEF" the Department field does not appear.

2. I have a field Status. This is a predefined field with 3 entries (New,  under progress, closed). If i change the status field time, date old and new status should be logged or written in the text field. I can log this with the answer field with a new ID. But is there any other way to log it in the text field or log it with no new ID? 

Can i implement the wishes above? If yes how does it work?

Thanks for your help

Michael

1. is simple, just use conditional attributes like:

Attributes = Author, Type, Status, Revisions, Department
Options Type = ABD{1}, DEF{2}
Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions
{1}Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions, Department
{2}Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions

2. is more complicated. Have a look at FAQ # 11. Try something like:

Options Status = New, Under progress, Closed
Subst Revisions = $date status $status
Subst on Edit Revisions = $Revisions<br>$date status $status

But when testing this, I realized that there is a bug in elog and the subsitution is done before the submission, not after. I fixed that in SVN revision 2263, so it will be contained in the next Windows release.

Attributes = Author, Type, Status, Revisions, Department
Options Type = ABD{1}, DEF{2}
Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions
{1}Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions, Department
{2}Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions

Options Status = New, Under progress, Closed
Subst Revisions = $date status $status
Subst on Edit Revisions = $Revisions<br>$date status $status

 Hello,

i tried

Options Status = New, Under progress, Closed
Subst Revisions = $date status $status
Subst on Edit Revisions = $Revisions<br>$date status $status

but it won't work. When I change the status i saw an information in the status bar of Internet Explorer like "Entry has changed" (Eintrag wurde verändert) but it is not written in the notes field. Or is it written to another field?  

Do I have to update first to the latest Windows Version? You wrote something about SVN revision 2263. When do you expect the windows version where this problem is fixed is available to download?  
 

Best Reagrds

Michael

Attributes = Author, Type, Status, Revisions, Department
Options Type = ABD{1}, DEF{2}
Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions
{1}Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions, Department
{2}Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions

Options Status = New, Under progress, Closed
Subst Revisions = $date status $status
Subst on Edit Revisions = $Revisions<br>$date status $status

Options Status = New, Under progress, Closed
Subst Revisions = $date status $status
Subst on Edit Revisions = $Revisions<br>$date status $status

 Hello,

it now works with the revisions. When do you expect that the new Windos version, which corrects the error you described, is available for download?

Best reagrds

Michael

Attributes = Author, Type, Status, Revisions, Department
Options Type = ABD{1}, DEF{2}
Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions
{1}Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions, Department
{2}Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions

Options Status = New, Under progress, Closed
Subst Revisions = $date status $status
Subst on Edit Revisions = $Revisions<br>$date status $status

Options Status = New, Under progress, Closed
Subst Revisions = $date status $status
Subst on Edit Revisions = $Revisions<br>$date status $status

You can download version 2.7.8 already since a while from  https://midas.psi.ch/elog/download/windows/

Attributes = Author, Type, Status, Revisions, Department
Options Type = ABD{1}, DEF{2}
Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions
{1}Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions, Department
{2}Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions

Options Status = New, Under progress, Closed
Subst Revisions = $date status $status
Subst on Edit Revisions = $Revisions<br>$date status $status

Options Status = New, Under progress, Closed
Subst Revisions = $date status $status
Subst on Edit Revisions = $Revisions<br>$date status $status

I installed the latest windows Version but have massive Problems with it. I can create a new entry and the revisions filed is updated. If I want to change the status field from "new" to e.g. "under progress" the elogd service at the server crashes every time i want to save the changes so i switched back to 2.7.5-2130 and it works without any service crashes.

Attributes = Author, Type, Status, Revisions, Department
Options Type = ABD{1}, DEF{2}
Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions
{1}Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions, Department
{2}Show Attributes Edit = Author, Type, Status, Revisions

Options Status = New, Under progress, Closed
Subst Revisions = $date status $status
Subst on Edit Revisions = $Revisions<br>$date status $status

Options Status = New, Under progress, Closed
Subst Revisions = $date status $status
Subst on Edit Revisions = $Revisions<br>$date status $status

Can you try elog278-2. It should fix that problem. 

Hi Stefan,

I recently installed the latest Elog 2.7.8 revision 2277 after running Elog 2.7.7 revision 2246 for several months without any problems. However once I submit an entry by using the Reply command Elog crashes and Windows XP reports an error message screen. This also stops the elogd service.

I have pinpointed it down to the command "subst on reply Subject = $Subject" by removing my whole configuration file and just added the line "subst on reply Subject = $Subject" to your demo configuration file.

Elog seems to also stops the elogd service with any "subst on reply" command.

Do you have any suggestions?

Thank you,

Regards

Cliff Shaw

Thanks for reporting that problem. I finally found the bug and fixed it. I made a new elog278-2 for you to download. 

Grrr.  Forgetting to pick an icon means my message was blasted.

I have installed elog 2.7.8 and it is running.  When I connect to it and get a login window, I am always denied.  If I remove the passwords, then I can login with no password information.  I have tried both command line for setting passwords and directly in the elogd.cfg file.

Suggestions on what I might be doing wrong would be appreciated.

Regards,

Ian

PS - are there RESTful interfaces to automate the generation of log entries via an HTTP POST or HTTP GET?

Which password scheme are you using? Is it Read passoword = ... or Password file = ...? If you use a password file (that's what most people do) you have to create yourself an account just as you did for this forum here. There is no other way to enter the encrypted password into the password file. Just follow "To start a new password file..." in the documentation.

I upgraded 2.7.5 rev 2175 to 2.7.7 rev 2246 last Thursday. I tested it with several logbooks with no problems. However I received a rep[ort today that it was down. I discovered whenever I tried to open a logbook entitled "Equipment Reservation" in the folder "EquipmentReservations" Elog would crash. I checked the elog.log file with no entries in it other than showing when it was restarted. I backed up to 2.7.5 and had no porblems with the same logbook. I repeated the upgrade to 2.7.7 with the crash problem returning. I am now back on 2.7.5 with no problems.

I just decided to try 2.7.6 rev 2239 and had the same results as 2.7.7.

This is running under Win2K with SP4 as an automatic service on port 80.

I am also running Elog V2.7.4-2118 on a different port (8080) simultaneously with no problems.

If you wish I will send the elog.cfg file. Anything else I can do to help, please let me know.

Thanks,

David

I need to reproduce your problem. Therefore I need the configuration and the xxxxxxa.log file containing the offending entries. You can strip it down to the minimum needed to do the crash. 

 In the process of trying to reduce it to a minimum I discovered that the entry that appears to be causing the crash is this:

 Hi,

I´m using 2.7.7 rev 2246 and tested it with my logbooks without any problems. But today I had no chance to reach them anymore. Strange.

Regards,

Michael

Sorry for the delay.

1: The offending log file.

I know it looks like I am totally inept. I apologize. Obviously I was in a hurry the last couple of posts.

Ok, let's try this again.

The offending log file:

 Ok, I am now assuming the offending log file has been removed. Correct?

No, you never submitted any file. It was missing in all your posts. In worst case send it by email to me.