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  66328   Fri Apr 24 09:03:05 2009 Reply Stefan Rittstefan.ritt@psi.chQuestionWindows2.7.6Re: Is there a way to import old log messages

 

Joseph Le wrote:

I update my elog from version 2.7.5 to 2.7.6 and mistakenly replace configuration file. so i have to reconfigure everything from ground up.  when my elog back online, old log messages are not show up. is there a way to import old log messages from old log book to new one.

 

thanks

 

You don't have to import old log book messages, they should be shown automatically (as long as you don't overwrite your configuration file mistakenly). If you had a different logbook name (not "demo") your files will still be there under c:\Program Files\ELOG\logbooks\<logbook name>.  Just add the proper name in elogd.cfg, restart elogd and you will see your old messages.

  66332   Tue Apr 28 21:25:31 2009 Question Dongwook Jangdwjang@fnal.govQuestionLinux2.7.6elogd runs by a user but not by root

Hi,

I really don't understand why elogd cannot run by root but it runs by a user.

I've put elog deamon in /etc/init.d. So it didn't bring up, but it runs if I run it by user interactively.

Thanks,

Dongwook

  66333   Wed Apr 29 07:52:57 2009 Reply Stefan Rittstefan.ritt@psi.chQuestionLinux2.7.6Re: elogd runs by a user but not by root

 

Dongwook Jang wrote:

Hi,

I really don't understand why elogd cannot run by root but it runs by a user.

I've put elog deamon in /etc/init.d. So it didn't bring up, but it runs if I run it by user interactively.

Thanks,

Dongwook

 

That's a security issue. If elogd runs under a user and gets hacked, the hacker obtains just the user rights, which can be limited. If it runs under root, the hacker will automatically get root rights, which is bad. Technically, there is no reason why elogd cannot be run as root. Just put

Usr = root

Grp = root

into elogd.cfg. 

  66335   Wed Apr 29 18:20:38 2009 Reply Dongwook Jangdwjang@fnal.govQuestionLinux2.7.6Re: elogd runs by a user but not by root

Stefan Ritt wrote:

 

Dongwook Jang wrote:

Hi,

I really don't understand why elogd cannot run by root but it runs by a user.

I've put elog deamon in /etc/init.d. So it didn't bring up, but it runs if I run it by user interactively.

Thanks,

Dongwook

 

That's a security issue. If elogd runs under a user and gets hacked, the hacker obtains just the user rights, which can be limited. If it runs under root, the hacker will automatically get root rights, which is bad. Technically, there is no reason why elogd cannot be run as root. Just put

Usr = root

Grp = root

into elogd.cfg. 

 Hi,

I wonder how others manage this situation because deamons in /etc/init.d is excercuted by root. So I cannot run in /etc/init.d/elogd when the system starts up.

What do you think?

Thanks,

Dongwook

  66336   Thu Apr 30 08:40:43 2009 Reply Stefan Rittstefan.ritt@psi.chQuestionLinux2.7.6Re: elogd runs by a user but not by root
Dongwook Jang wrote:

 Hi,

I wonder how others manage this situation because deamons in /etc/init.d is excercuted by root. So I cannot run in /etc/init.d/elogd when the system starts up.

What do you think?

Thanks,

Dongwook

The normal situation is that elogd gets started by root under /etc/init.d/, then the configuration file contains "Usr = elog" and "Grp = elog", so after it has been started as root, the program falls back to the "elog" user, which only has restricted rights. 

 

  66338   Thu Apr 30 20:49:03 2009 Reply Dongwook Jangdwjang@fnal.govQuestionLinux2.7.6Re: elogd runs by a user but not by root

Stefan Ritt wrote:
Dongwook Jang wrote:

 Hi,

I wonder how others manage this situation because deamons in /etc/init.d is excercuted by root. So I cannot run in /etc/init.d/elogd when the system starts up.

What do you think?

Thanks,

Dongwook

The normal situation is that elogd gets started by root under /etc/init.d/, then the configuration file contains "Usr = elog" and "Grp = elog", so after it has been started as root, the program falls back to the "elog" user, which only has restricted rights. 

 

 

Now I realized that it is not a problem in /etc/init.d, but deamon itself.

When I run the following command as a root, it didn't run

/mnt/wd500/jnj/products/elog/sbin/elogd -D -c /mnt/wd500/jnj/products/elog/elog/elogd.cfg

But, it runs when I did as a user.

I really don't understand this strange behavior.

Thanks,

  66346   Tue May 5 01:47:36 2009 Question Rich Sterlingrbsterli@juno.comQuestionAll2.7.6Office 2007 file attachments download as zip due to mime config

Submitted as a question because some folks may consider this a bug in IE (but not MS obviously because IE8 does the same).  When you upload a new open XML attachment (Office 2007 file extension, docx, ppts, xlsx, etc) the attachment is not recognized properly in IE and it tries to download as a zip file (since the OOXML is actually is a zipped set of XML docs).  This is something that is widely recognized on the Internet ( http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=docx+internet+explorer+zip&aq=1&oq=docx+internet ) but is typically resolved by adding the mime extensions at the web server level. 

Are there any plans to add the new mime extensions to the elogd.c source? (Instead of forcing users to use FireFox or Right click, save-as and rename?

http://www.bram.us/2007/05/25/office-2007-mime-types-for-iis/

Regards,

rbsterli

   {
   ".AI", "application/postscript"}, {
   ".ASC", "text/plain"}, {
   ".BZ2", "application/x-bzip2"}, {
   ".CFG", "text/plain"}, {
   ".CHRT", "application/x-kchart"}, {
   ".CONF", "text/plain"}, {
   ".CSH", "application/x-csh"}, {
   ".CSS", "text/css"}, {
   ".DOC", "application/msword"}, {
   ".DVI", "application/x-dvi"}, {
   ".EPS", "application/postscript"}, {
   ".GIF", "image/gif"}, {
   ".GZ", "application/x-gzip"}, {
   ".HTM", "text/html"}, {
   ".HTML", "text/html"}, {
   ".ICO", "image/x-icon"}, {
   ".JPEG", "image/jpeg"}, {
   ".JPG", "image/jpeg"}, {
   ".JS", "application/x-javascript"}, {
   ".KPR", "application/x-kpresenter"}, {
   ".KSP", "application/x-kspread"}, {
   ".KWD", "application/x-kword"}, {
   ".MP3", "audio/mpeg"}, {
   ".OGG", "application/x-ogg"}, {
   ".PDF", "application/pdf"}, {
   ".PNG", "image/png"}, {
   ".PS", "application/postscript"}, {
   ".RAM", "audio/x-pn-realaudio"}, {
   ".RM", "audio/x-pn-realaudio"}, {
   ".RM", "audio/x-pn-realaudio"}, {
   ".RM", "audio/x-pn-realaudio"}, {
   ".RPM", "application/x-rpm"}, {
   ".RTF", "application/rtf"}, {
   ".SH", "application/x-sh"}, {
   ".TAR", "application/x-tar"}, {
   ".TCL", "application/x-tcl"}, {
   ".TEX", "application/x-tex"}, {
   ".TGZ", "application/x-gzip"}, {
   ".TIF", "image/tiff"}, {
   ".TIFF", "image/tiff"}, {
   ".TXT", "text/plain"}, {
   ".WAV", "audio/x-wav"}, {
   ".XLS", "application/x-msexcel"}, {
   ".XML", "text/xml"}, {
   ".XSL", "text/xml"}, {
   ".ZIP", "application/x-zip-compressed"},

Attachment 1: TEST_IN_DOC_FORMAT.doc
Attachment 2: TEST_IN_DOCX_FORMAT.docx
  66347   Wed May 6 15:30:24 2009 Reply Stefan Rittstefan.ritt@psi.chQuestionAll2.7.6Re: Office 2007 file attachments download as zip due to mime config
Rich Sterling wrote:

Are there any plans to add the new mime extensions to the elogd.c source? (Instead of forcing users to use FireFox or Right click, save-as and rename?

 

 Ok, I added the MIME extensions in ELOG Rev. 2196. The forum runs already the updated version, so can you try with the demo attachments from your entry?

ELOG V3.1.5-3fb85fa6