If a message is submitted via the elog command then the reply string '> ' is only inserted in the first line if a reply is made.
This message was submitted with the following commandline:
elog -v -h midas.psi.ch -p 80 -s elogdemo -l Forum -a "Icon=icon4.gif" -a "Author=Heiko Scheit"  -a "Author Email=h.scheit@mpi-hd.mpg.de" -a "Subject=elog submit problem" "...Message-text..."

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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 get the following compiler warnings about sprintf() buffer overflows. I suggest sprintf() should be replaced by std::string msprintf() from 
midas. K.O.

iris00:~/packages> git clone https://bitbucket.org/ritt/elog --recursive
Cloning into 'elog'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 18297, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (18297/18297), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (7710/7710), done.
remote: Total 18297 (delta 11462), reused 16637 (delta 10243), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (18297/18297), 14.56 MiB | 17.14 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (11462/11462), done.
Submodule 'mxml' (https://bitbucket.org/tmidas/mxml) registered for path 'mxml'
Cloning into '/home/iris/packages/elog/mxml'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 356, done.        
remote: Counting objects: 100% (356/356), done.        
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (242/242), done.        
remote: Total 356 (delta 162), reused 265 (delta 112), pack-reused 0 (from 0)        
Receiving objects: 100% (356/356), 85.65 KiB | 10.71 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (162/162), done.
Submodule path 'mxml': checked out '4d4b4cf17bec323a76b8a87605efec6a4822bebf'
iris00:~/packages> cd elo
elog/      elog-2012/ 
iris00:~/packages> cd elog
iris00:~/packages/elog> make
c++ -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-result -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -c -o mxml.o mxml/mxml.cxx
c++ -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-result -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -w -c -o crypt.o 
src/crypt.cxx
c++ -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-result -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -c -o strlcpy.o 
mxml/strlcpy.cxx
type git &> /dev/null; if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then REV="unknown" ;else REV=`git log -n 1 --pretty=format:"%ad - %h"`; fi; echo \#define GIT_REVISION 
\"$REV\" > src/git-revision.h
git is /bin/git
c++ -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-result -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -o elog src/elog.cxx 
mxml.o crypt.o strlcpy.o -lssl
c++ -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-result -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -w -c -o auth.o 
src/auth.cxx
c++ -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-result -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -o elogd src/elogd.cxx 
auth.o mxml.o crypt.o strlcpy.o -lssl
src/elogd.cxx: In function ‘int el_submit(LOGBOOK*, int, BOOL, const char*, char (*)[1500], char (*)[1500], int, const char*, const char*, const 
char*, const char*, const char (*)[256], BOOL, const char*, const char*)’:
src/elogd.cxx:4960:47: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size between 100103 and 250102 [-Wformat-overflow=]
 4960 |       sprintf(message + strlen(message), "%s: %s\n", attr_name[i], attrib[i]);
      |                                               ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 4 and 300002 bytes into a destination of size 
250104
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx: In function ‘void show_edit_form(LOGBOOK*, int, BOOL, BOOL, BOOL, BOOL, BOOL, BOOL)’:
src/elogd.cxx:9659:28: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 3993 [-Wformat-overflow=]
 9659 |       sprintf(str, "Preset %s", attr_list[index]);
      |                            ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 8 and 150007 bytes into a destination of size 
4000
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:9680:43: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 3978 [-Wformat-overflow=]
 9680 |       sprintf(str, "Preset on first reply %s", attr_list[index]);
      |                                           ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 23 and 150022 bytes into a destination of size 
4000
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:9701:37: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 3984 [-Wformat-overflow=]
 9701 |       sprintf(str, "Preset on reply %s", attr_list[index]);
      |                                     ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 17 and 150016 bytes into a destination of size 
4000
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:9701:37: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 3984 [-Wformat-overflow=]
 9701 |       sprintf(str, "Preset on reply %s", attr_list[index]);
      |                                     ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 17 and 150016 bytes into a destination of size 
4000
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:9701:37: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 3984 [-Wformat-overflow=]
 9701 |       sprintf(str, "Preset on reply %s", attr_list[index]);
      |                                     ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 17 and 150016 bytes into a destination of size 
4000
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:9701:37: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 3984 [-Wformat-overflow=]
 9701 |       sprintf(str, "Preset on reply %s", attr_list[index]);
      |                                     ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 17 and 150016 bytes into a destination of size 
4000
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:9721:36: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 3985 [-Wformat-overflow=]
 9721 |       sprintf(str, "Preset on edit %s", attr_list[index]);
      |                                    ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 16 and 150015 bytes into a destination of size 
4000
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:9741:41: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 3980 [-Wformat-overflow=]
 9741 |       sprintf(str, "Preset on duplicate %s", attr_list[index]);
      |                                         ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 21 and 150020 bytes into a destination of size 
4000
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:9762:22: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 3999 [-Wformat-overflow=]
 9762 |       sprintf(str, "p%s", attr_list[index]);
      |                      ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 2 and 150001 bytes into a destination of size 
4000
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:9780:31: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 3993 [-Wformat-overflow=]
 9780 |          sprintf(str, "Preset %s", attr_list[index]);
      |                               ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 8 and 150007 bytes into a destination of size 
4000
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:9801:40: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 3984 [-Wformat-overflow=]
 9801 |          sprintf(str, "Preset on reply %s", attr_list[index]);
      |                                        ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 17 and 150016 bytes into a destination of size 
4000
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:9821:44: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 3980 [-Wformat-overflow=]
 9821 |          sprintf(str, "Preset on duplicate %s", attr_list[index]);
      |                                            ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 21 and 150020 bytes into a destination of size 
4000
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx: In function ‘void show_elog_list(LOGBOOK*, int, int, int, BOOL, char*)’:
src/elogd.cxx:20448:43: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 1587 [-Wformat-overflow=]
20448 |                sprintf(str, "Icon comment %s", attrib[i]);
      |                                           ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 14 and 150013 bytes into a destination of size 
1600
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:20495:33: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 1600 [-Wformat-overflow=]
20495 |                   sprintf(str, "%s_%d", attr_list[i], j);
      |                                 ^~
src/elogd.cxx:20495:32: note: directive argument in the range [0, 99]
20495 |                   sprintf(str, "%s_%d", attr_list[i], j);
      |                                ^~~~~~~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 3 and 150003 bytes into a destination of size 
1600
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:20459:33: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 1600 [-Wformat-overflow=]
20459 |                   sprintf(str, "%s_%d", attr_list[i], j);
      |                                 ^~
src/elogd.cxx:20459:32: note: directive argument in the range [0, 99]
20459 |                   sprintf(str, "%s_%d", attr_list[i], j);
      |                                ^~~~~~~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 3 and 150003 bytes into a destination of size 
1600
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:21041:30: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 1600 [-Wformat-overflow=]
21041 |                sprintf(str, "%s_%d", attr_list[i], j);
      |                              ^~
src/elogd.cxx:21041:29: note: directive argument in the range [0, 99]
21041 |                sprintf(str, "%s_%d", attr_list[i], j);
      |                             ^~~~~~~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 3 and 150003 bytes into a destination of size 
1600
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:21527:45: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 1588 [-Wformat-overflow=]
21527 |                   sprintf(str, "Time format %s", attr_list[i]);
      |                                             ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 13 and 150012 bytes into a destination of size 
1600
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx:21512:45: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 1588 [-Wformat-overflow=]
21512 |                   sprintf(str, "Date format %s", attr_list[i]);
      |                                             ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 13 and 150012 bytes into a destination of size 
1600
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.cxx: In function ‘void submit_elog(LOGBOOK*)’:
src/elogd.cxx:23282:38: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 149999 bytes into a region of size 2034 [-Wformat-overflow=]
23282 |          sprintf(str, "Subst on edit %s", attr_list[index]);
      |                                      ^~
In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:894,
                 from src/elogd.h:42,
                 from src/elogd.cxx:38:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:38:34: note: ‘__builtin___sprintf_chk’ output between 15 and 150014 bytes into a destination of size 
2048
   38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   39 |                                   __glibc_objsize (__s), __fmt,
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   40 |                                   __va_arg_pack ());
      |                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
c++ -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-result -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -o elconv src/elconv.cxx -
lssl
iris00:~/packages/elog> git log
commit 2eba8869bb72561f3f19f9b675ec74ba738f2443 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD)
Author: Stefan Ritt <stefan.ritt@psi.ch>
Date:   Fri May 3 16:04:21 2024 +0200

    Removed unused variables

commit 8f942d1d18cc7d4d9b12f049dfd67284e3289963
Author: Stefan Ritt <stefan.ritt@psi.ch>
Date:   Fri May 3 15:50:17 2024 +0200

    Disabled attachment file retrieval to prevent poxy mis-use

commit 3020557a2b52cc9c460b80313c7c61c3ee014896
Author: Stefan Ritt <stefan.ritt@psi.ch>
Date:   Tue Apr 16 13:29:35 2024 +0200

    Fixed typos

commit 3876ffa2cc22a355cad8da642cb6f5a35884597a
Author: Stefan Ritt <stefan.ritt@psi.ch>
Date:   Mon Apr 15 18:04:52 2024 +0200

    Fixed line break

commit a644db7f2c14210e8014dc2a3dc9960e1382ccc1
Author: Stefan Ritt <stefan.ritt@psi.ch>
Date:   Mon Apr 15 18:00:54 2024 +0200

    Updated MacOSX command

commit fe60aaf0c41dcfafa50042e415f576faf82b1d4b
Author: Stefan Ritt <stefan.ritt@psi.ch>
Date:   Thu Mar 14 21:17:01 2024 +0100

    Fixed wrong number of attachments display

Broken pipe
iris00:~/packages/elog> 

We run elog on a server to provide a logbook for our laboratory. We noticed that elog is very slow on loading pages: browser pages spend a lot of time in charging (actually one can speed the procedure refreshing the page but it is quite annoying).

I checked the server load with top and it doesn't show any abnormal CPU or memory usage. Then I ran lsof and I noticed that there are more than 200 entries related to the same elog PID and labelled with CLOSE_WAIT.

My questions are: can the slowness of my logbook be due to the presence of all these CLOSE_WAIT entries (which seems if I understood well wait for a response)? If it's the case, how can I solve this issue?

Thanks

We have always had issues with eLOG crashing intermittently...  I upgraded from Server 2003 to Server 2008 about a year ago to try to reduce the issues...  which really didn't help.

The service now seems to crash every week...  (getting worse)...  Is anyone seeing these issues in Windows servers?  Any suggestions??

Dear expert,
  I'm running the latest git version of elog ELOG V3.1.4-395e101a on ubuntu 20.04.2.
I'm experiencing frequent hangs of the elog server: the status is always reported as running, but the web server is not responding.
The only hint I have of something strange is that the elogd process is using a lot of CPU (50-100%), the log do not show anything suspect 
as far as I can see.

Has anyone experienced something similar or has any idea how can I start to debug the problem?

Sorry for lack of many information, but I don't know what to look at.

Thanks in advance
  Stefano

Our elog instance (elogd 3.1.4 built Jan 13 2021, 20:44:20 revision ce2a48e9) has been running for years without any problems.

We have a new user who consistently crashes the elog:

GET /Omicron-STM-XPS/?rsort=Record%20date HTTP/1.1
Host: elog.fhi-berlin.mpg.de:4821
Cache-Control: max-age=0
DNT: 1
Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/117.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7
sec-gpc: 1
Sec-Fetch-Site: same-origin
Sec-Fetch-Mode: navigate
Sec-Fetch-User: ?1
Sec-Fetch-Dest: document
sec-ch-ua: "Google Chrome";v="117", "Not;A=Brand";v="8", "Chromium";v="117"
sec-ch-ua-mobile: ?0
sec-ch-ua-platform: "Linux"
Referer: https://elog.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/elog/isc/Omicron-STM-XPS/
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
Accept-Language: el-GR,el;q=0.9,en;q=0.8
Cookie: ufnm=Sotirios Tsatsos; urem=1; elmode=full; elattach=1; sid=CD2B04E2C3F02EA4; googtrans=/en/en; amp_6e403e=aWS6RQd5UjGctj5Ym_cDzA.c2Fsdm9fc290b2thaXRlbkB5YWhvby5jb20=..1hajnscc0.1hajnscc0.0.ac.ac
X-Forwarded-For: 141.14.151.26
X-Forwarded-Host: elog.fhi-berlin.mpg.de
X-Forwarded-Server: elog.fhi-berlin.mpg.de
Connection: Keep-Alive

Received unknown cookie "googtrans"
Received unknown cookie "amp_6e403e"
*** buffer overflow detected ***: terminated
Abort (core dumped)

Dear all, 

I have a question for you. On my elog server I have plenty of images not included in any logbook entry, but that nevertheless I would the user to have access to that via the browser. In order words, I would like to have a link like this https://myelog/my_pics_folder/my_pic.png

I have realized that if I put my_pics_folder in the script folder, then it works as I wanted, but I strongly doubt this is the right position. If I put in the resources folder, it is not found and the elogd displays a message saying that my_pics_folder is not a valid logbook.

Do you have any suggestions for this problem? 

Thanks in advance and enjoy your day!

toto