Hello:

I am running release 2.7.8 of elog. I am using the cloning/syncing features
to maintain a backup/slave and at some point it stopped cloning the password
file.

Operating systems/software:

   master: ubuntu 10.4 using locally compiled elog 2.7.8-2278
   slave: solaris 10 using locally compile elog 2.7.8 without SSL support

A sample run (hostname edited - available by private email if needed) is:

  $../elogd -C http://host.example.org:8080/ 
  Overwrite local "elogd.cfg"? [y]/n:  y

  Remote configuration successfully received.

  Option "Mirror server = http://host.example.org:8080/" added to config file.
  Option "URL = xxx" has been outcommented from config file.

  Retrieve remote password files? [y]/n:  y
  Received invalid response from elogd server at http://host.example.org:8080/Discussion/

Running with -v doesn't produce any useful diagnostics as to what the invalid response is.

Trussing the process (again with host name editing) shows:

send(3, 0xFFBEE890, 93, 0)                      = 93
   G E T   / D i s c u s s i o n / ? c m d = G e t P w d F i l e  
   H T T P / 1 . 0\r\n C o n n e c t i o n :   C l o s e\r\n H o s
   t :   h o s t . e x a m p l e . o r g : 8 0 8 0\r\n\r\n
poll(0xFFBEC070, 1, 30000)                      = 1
recv(3, 0x011057B0, 251000, 0)                  = 119
   H T T P / 1 . 1   4 0 4   N o t   F o u n d\r\n S e r v e r :  
   E L O G   H T T P   2 . 7 . 8 - 2 2 7 8\r\n C o n t e n t - T y
   p e :   t e x t / h t m l ; c h a r s e t = I S O - 8 8 5 9 - 1
  \r\n C o n n e c t i o n :   C l o s e\r\n\r\n

If logged in as myself I go to http://host.example.org:8080/Discussion/?cmd=GetPwdFile
I do get the data so this looks like a password/authentication issue.

I have added Mirror user = rouilj to elogd.cfg, and it is present in the cloned elogd.cfg
but still no joy. I also copied the passwd file to the clone and made sure that it was being
successfully found and opened during the clone operation.

So where do I go from here in trying to troubleshoot the problem?

-- rouilj

Hi Stefan, we would also like to see synchronization with SSL working. Hopefully now this task can slip even higher on your to-do list.   It is a real pain to get to the elog from outside PSI, when elogd is running inside PSI (which it must be when working as an online logbook with MIDAS). We would very much ike to mirror it on a server outside PSI.

If a user that is not in "Login User =" tries to enter it would be nicer to have a "Access denied", instead of getting the first page again (user just keeps on trying and gets upset)... =)

Have you tried the URL = ... statement? 

When someone logout from my Elog, or the person does not have access to a logbook (due to "Login user  =") the person gets a blank webpage with "redir" typed in the upper left corner.

I guess it should redir to some webpage? How can I get it to actually do that? Am I missing something in elogd.cfg?

If you add via an option to one Ingredient, you have to add it to the other as well. There is no automatic way to do that. 

 Ok, thank you for your answer.

I guess my next question is whether it is possible to have, for example, 2 attributes:

Options Ingredient1 = 

Options Ingredient2 = 

Extendable options = Ingredients1, Ingredients2

sharing the exact same possible list of values.

Thanks agin.

Greetings,

In table list mode, I would like to control how much width is given to "subject" column (my attribute).   Can't find any method to control in config file.  Problem is that the subject is often quite long and jammed into a small width, when the text is often empty and has more width than needed.

Thanks,

RT