I can produce the problem, but it is related to the information in the logbook which I cannot share...

Configuration:

[global]
port = 8000
Main Tab = Home
Password file = elogpasswd.txt
Admin user = eniklas
Self register = 0
Welcome Title = <h3>ENIKLAS ELOG<h3>
Relative redirection = 1
Entries per page = 1000
Display mode = summary
Suppress Email to users = 1
Summary lines = 0



[General]
Theme = default
Attributes = Type, Subject
Options Type = Configuration, Information, Documents
Extendable Options = Type
Required Attributes = Type
Page Title = ELOG - $subject
Reverse sort = 0
Quick filter = Date, Type


[Testing]
Theme = default
Attributes = Type, Subject
Options Type = Configuration, Information, Documents
Extendable Options = Type
Required Attributes = Type
Page Title = ELOG - $subject
Reverse sort = 0
Quick filter = Date, Type

I know nothing about gdb. Here are my stumbling attempts of using it, please tell me how to use gdb:

niklas@bba:~$ gdb -d /home/eniklas/Project/Niho/elog/bin/elog-2.7.5 --args  /home/eniklas/Project/Niho/elog/bin/installation/usr/local/sbin/elogd  -c /home/eniklas/Project/Niho/elog/bin/installation/usr/local/elog/elogd.cfg
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This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"...
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1".
(gdb) run
Starting program: /home/eniklas/Project/Niho/elog/bin/installation/usr/local/sbin/elogd -c /home/eniklas/Project/Niho/elog/bin/installation/usr/local/elog/elogd.cfg
elogd 2.7.5 built Oct 22 2008, 13:37:35 revision 2130
FCKedit detected
Indexing logbooks ... done
Server listening on port 8000 ...
elogd: src/elogd.c:714: xfree: Assertion `*((unsigned int *) (temp + old_size)) == 0xdeadc0de' failed.

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb7e3e875 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#2  0xb7e40201 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#3  0xb7e37b6e in __assert_fail () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#4  0x0804b0b6 in xfree (pointer=0x9176298) at src/elogd.c:714
#5  0x08058903 in el_submit (lbs=0x90f8090, message_id=5, bedit=1, date=0xbfbe054c "<keep>", attr_name=0x824e1e0,
    attr_value=0xbfbb2db8, n_attr=2,
    text=0x8211140 "<table height=\"694\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"674\" style=\"margin-left: 72pt; border-collapse: collapse;\" class=\"MsoNormalTable\">\r\n    <tbody>\r\n        <tr style=\"\">\r\n          "...,
    in_reply_to=0xbfbe04ac "<keep>", reply_to=0xbfbdf678 "<keep>", encoding=0xbfbe04fc "HTML", afilename=0xbfbd77a8,
    mark_original=1, locked_by=0x0) at src/elogd.c:4819
#6  0x0809f721 in submit_elog (lbs=0x90f8090) at src/elogd.c:21934
#7  0x080b04e9 in interprete (lbook=0x90f8090 "Testing", path=0x80cdc60 "") at src/elogd.c:25816
#8  0x080b2a53 in decode_post (logbook=0xbfc0a1a0 "Testing", lbs=0x90f8090, string=0x9166614 "",
    boundary=0xbfc0a3a0 '-' <repeats 27 times>, "196291262324084", length=134670) at src/elogd.c:26382
#9  0x080b54fa in process_http_request (
    request=0x9145548 "POST /Testing/ HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: bba.eld.ki.sw.home.se:8000\r\nUser-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008102920 Firefox/3.0.4\r\nAccept: text/html,application/xht"..., i_conn=0)
    at src/elogd.c:26936
#10 0x080b7f0f in server_loop () at src/elogd.c:27746
#11 0x080ba36b in main (argc=3, argv=0xbfc0b924) at src/elogd.c:28797
(gdb) bt 100
#0  0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb7e3e875 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#2  0xb7e40201 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#3  0xb7e37b6e in __assert_fail () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#4  0x0804b0b6 in xfree (pointer=0x9176298) at src/elogd.c:714
#5  0x08058903 in el_submit (lbs=0x90f8090, message_id=5, bedit=1, date=0xbfbe054c "<keep>", attr_name=0x824e1e0,
    attr_value=0xbfbb2db8, n_attr=2,
    text=0x8211140 "<table height=\"694\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"674\" style=\"margin-left: 72pt; border-collapse: collapse;\" class=\"MsoNormalTable\">\r\n    <tbody>\r\n        <tr style=\"\">\r\n          "...,
    in_reply_to=0xbfbe04ac "<keep>", reply_to=0xbfbdf678 "<keep>", encoding=0xbfbe04fc "HTML", afilename=0xbfbd77a8,
    mark_original=1, locked_by=0x0) at src/elogd.c:4819
#6  0x0809f721 in submit_elog (lbs=0x90f8090) at src/elogd.c:21934
#7  0x080b04e9 in interprete (lbook=0x90f8090 "Testing", path=0x80cdc60 "") at src/elogd.c:25816
#8  0x080b2a53 in decode_post (logbook=0xbfc0a1a0 "Testing", lbs=0x90f8090, string=0x9166614 "",
    boundary=0xbfc0a3a0 '-' <repeats 27 times>, "196291262324084", length=134670) at src/elogd.c:26382
#9  0x080b54fa in process_http_request (
    request=0x9145548 "POST /Testing/ HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: bba.eld.ki.sw.home.se:8000\r\nUser-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008102920 Firefox/3.0.4\r\nAccept: text/html,application/xht"..., i_conn=0)
    at src/elogd.c:26936
#10 0x080b7f0f in server_loop () at src/elogd.c:27746
#11 0x080ba36b in main (argc=3, argv=0xbfc0b924) at src/elogd.c:28797
(gdb) f 4
#4  0x0804b0b6 in xfree (pointer=0x9176298) at src/elogd.c:714
714        assert(*((unsigned int *) (temp + old_size)) == 0xdeadc0de);
(gdb) info 4
Undefined info command: "4".  Try "help info".
(gdb) up
#5  0x08058903 in el_submit (lbs=0x90f8090, message_id=5, bedit=1, date=0xbfbe054c "<keep>", attr_name=0x824e1e0,
    attr_value=0xbfbb2db8, n_attr=2,
    text=0x8211140 "<table height=\"694\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"674\" style=\"margin-left: 72pt; border-collapse: collapse;\" class=\"MsoNormalTable\">\r\n    <tbody>\r\n        <tr style=\"\">\r\n          "...,
    in_reply_to=0xbfbe04ac "<keep>", reply_to=0xbfbdf678 "<keep>", encoding=0xbfbe04fc "HTML", afilename=0xbfbd77a8,
    mark_original=1, locked_by=0x0) at src/elogd.c:4819
4819       xfree(message);
(gdb) info 4
Undefined info command: "4".  Try "help info".
(gdb) info f
Stack level 5, frame at 0xbfb623c0:
 eip = 0x8058903 in el_submit (src/elogd.c:4819); saved eip 0x809f721
 called by frame at 0xbfbe05b0, caller of frame at 0xbfb135f0
 source language c.
 Arglist at 0xbfb135f8, args: lbs=0x90f8090, message_id=5, bedit=1, date=0xbfbe054c "<keep>", attr_name=0x824e1e0,
    attr_value=0xbfbb2db8, n_attr=2,
    text=0x8211140 "<table height=\"694\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"674\" style=\"margin-left: 72pt; border-collapse: collapse;\" class=\"MsoNormalTable\">\r\n    <tbody>\r\n        <tr style=\"\">\r\n          "...,
    in_reply_to=0xbfbe04ac "<keep>", reply_to=0xbfbdf678 "<keep>", encoding=0xbfbe04fc "HTML", afilename=0xbfbd77a8,
    mark_original=1, locked_by=0x0
 Locals at 0xbfb135f8, Previous frame's sp is 0xbfb623c0
 Saved registers:
  ebx at 0xbfb623b0, esi at 0xbfb623b4, edi at 0xbfb623b8, eip at 0xbfb623bc
(gdb) bt
#0  0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb7e3e875 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#2  0xb7e40201 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#3  0xb7e37b6e in __assert_fail () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#4  0x0804b0b6 in xfree (pointer=0x9176298) at src/elogd.c:714
#5  0x08058903 in el_submit (lbs=0x90f8090, message_id=5, bedit=1, date=0xbfbe054c "<keep>", attr_name=0x824e1e0,
    attr_value=0xbfbb2db8, n_attr=2,
    text=0x8211140 "<table height=\"694\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"674\" style=\"margin-left: 72pt; border-collapse: collapse;\" class=\"MsoNormalTable\">\r\n    <tbody>\r\n        <tr style=\"\">\r\n          "...,
    in_reply_to=0xbfbe04ac "<keep>", reply_to=0xbfbdf678 "<keep>", encoding=0xbfbe04fc "HTML", afilename=0xbfbd77a8,
    mark_original=1, locked_by=0x0) at src/elogd.c:4819
#6  0x0809f721 in submit_elog (lbs=0x90f8090) at src/elogd.c:21934
#7  0x080b04e9 in interprete (lbook=0x90f8090 "Testing", path=0x80cdc60 "") at src/elogd.c:25816
#8  0x080b2a53 in decode_post (logbook=0xbfc0a1a0 "Testing", lbs=0x90f8090, string=0x9166614 "",
    boundary=0xbfc0a3a0 '-' <repeats 27 times>, "196291262324084", length=134670) at src/elogd.c:26382
#9  0x080b54fa in process_http_request (
    request=0x9145548 "POST /Testing/ HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: bba.eld.ki.sw.home.se:8000\r\nUser-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008102920 Firefox/3.0.4\r\nAccept: text/html,application/xht"..., i_conn=0)
    at src/elogd.c:26936
#10 0x080b7f0f in server_loop () at src/elogd.c:27746
#11 0x080ba36b in main (argc=3, argv=0xbfc0b924) at src/elogd.c:28797
(gdb) info f 4
Stack frame at 0xbfb135f0:
 eip = 0x804b0b6 in xfree (src/elogd.c:714); saved eip 0x8058903
 called by frame at 0xbfb623c0, caller of frame at 0xbfb135c0
 source language c.
 Arglist at 0xbfb135bc, args: pointer=0x9176298
 Locals at 0xbfb135bc, Previous frame's sp is 0xbfb135f0
 Saved registers:
  eip at 0xbfb135ec
(gdb) info f 5
Stack frame at 0xbfb623c0:
 eip = 0x8058903 in el_submit (src/elogd.c:4819); saved eip 0x809f721
 called by frame at 0xbfbe05b0, caller of frame at 0xbfb135f0
 source language c.
 Arglist at 0xbfb135f8, args: lbs=0x90f8090, message_id=5, bedit=1, date=0xbfbe054c "<keep>", attr_name=0x824e1e0,
    attr_value=0xbfbb2db8, n_attr=2,
    text=0x8211140 "<table height=\"694\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"674\" style=\"margin-left: 72pt; border-collapse: collapse;\" class=\"MsoNormalTable\">\r\n    <tbody>\r\n        <tr style=\"\">\r\n          "...,
    in_reply_to=0xbfbe04ac "<keep>", reply_to=0xbfbdf678 "<keep>", encoding=0xbfbe04fc "HTML", afilename=0xbfbd77a8,
    mark_original=1, locked_by=0x0
 Locals at 0xbfb135f8, Previous frame's sp is 0xbfb623c0
 Saved registers:
  ebx at 0xbfb623b0, esi at 0xbfb623b4, edi at 0xbfb623b8, eip at 0xbfb623bc
(gdb)

 

Hi

I've just upgraded to 2.7.5 mainly because I wanted to have Museremail sorted.  We use this to list contacts on an RFC form and it's much easier to find the ones you want when they are in a predictable sequence.  As an extension to this it would be great if they could be sorted by the last part of their real name - typical user, give him a sweetie and he wants jam on it!

cheers

Steve

Hi

Thanks for elog - it's a brilliant piece of software.  I'd looked all over for open source software to log/manage change requests before discovering elog; it's so flexible that I've been able to do everything I need with it.

However, I think that I've just discovered my first undocumented 'feature'.  Attribute names containing punctuation characters (e.g. / and :) cause "Redirection limit for this URL exceeded" errors in Firefox 3.0.2 and corrupt the URL if they're used in a Quick Filter.  I often use '/' in attribute names for brevity, e.g. "Old/New Versions" but hadn't used one in a Quick Filter before.

keep up the good work.

regards

Steve

I went to upgrade to the new version of elog I receive a error message that is.

error: Failed dependencies:
	libssl.so.6 is needed by elog-2.7.5-1.i386
	rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by elog-2.7.5-1.i386

Do I need these dependencies for elog to work? If I do need them where do I get them for Suse 10.2.

Thank you for any help.

Carl

elogd continues to run after a SIGHUP. If a second SIGHUP is received the daemon terminates.
This was observed on Solaris 10 (SPARC).
The documentation states that elogd should re-read configuration after receiving SIGHUP.

If I add this statement to a logbook config file:

Show attachments = 0

When viewing and individual entry, attached images are not displayed, which is as intended, but the links Show/Hide and Show All/Hide All are still displayed although they do nothing when clicked except switch between Show and Hide. Clicking on an image opens it in a separate window.

Could you make show/hide and show/hide all work? This way, by default the images are not displayed, but the default could be overridden on a case by case basis as desired, and the images displayed inline in the same window with the entry. 

Thanks!

 Sorry for the delayed reply.

Ideally I'd like a config setting so that by default all graphics are presented at a fixed thumbnail size, so the users don't have to edit the image size every time they add one. Clicking on the thumbnail would open the image full size.

This would by default streamline loading and scanning through pages with many large images, whether in Full view of an entire logbook, or when viewing individual entries.

When submitting entries via the elog client, I find that I can set arbitrary values for attributes that are supposedly "preset" and "locked".

As an example, I have in my elogd.cfg file:

[global]

...

Group Operations = Accelerator

Top group ATLAS = Operations

...

[global ATLAS]

Attributes = Experiment, Author, Author Email, Category, Subject
Required Attributes = Category, Subject
Options Category = Routine entry, Shift summary, Problem, Fix, Question, Info, Other
Extendable Options = Category

Preset Experiment =
Preset Author = $long_name
Preset Author Email = $user_email
Locked Attributes = Experiment, Author, Author Email

...

[Accelerator]
Attributes = Author, Author Email, Category, Subject
Options Category = Routine entry, Shift summary, Problem, Fix, Question, Info, Other

...

This works as intended with a web client (firefox). The Author and Author Email attributes are preset and unchangeable.

However, if I use the elog client, as in:

elog -v -h my.apache-proxy.server -d elog -l Accelerator -p 443 -s -u johndoe xxxxx -a Category=LN -a Subject=Test -a Author=IDoNotExist -n 1 -m entry.txt 
(johndoe is an existing user)

 

The entry is created with "IDoNotExist" as the Author name, instead of the correct name for the user johndoe,
and the Author Email attribute is blank.

Is there a way to enforce preset and locked attributes in the elogd server? (As a client could connect
with any arbitrary software, not just elog.)