Hi All,

Perhaps a trivial question but some issues have arisen accessing my long-running elog with SSL enabled.  I suspect firewalls and browser updates are involved and I do not have the time or experience to diagnose and debug such a potential black-hole of difficulties.  Instead I am looking for a quick fix, and the first step - switching off sll - seems to work.  Now I would like to use redirect so that the elog is running under apache, however this is where I have stumbled; I have passwords so the plan is to eventually secure using apache.  Apache works fine and is running pages on ports 80 and 443, although I seem unable to redirect the elog (port 8080).  Following the instructions on the administrators guide I get:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /elog/ on this server.

The page is found at least so my redirect is doing something, and I suspect the solution is trivial, though I'm not too sure where to start.

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Also, what is  the best practice for updating one's elog version.  I originally installed using a tarball.

 Still struggling with this issue, if anyone has managed to solve it let me know.   I've done the obvious and checked ownership/ permissions of the elog folders and they are exactly the same as etc/var/www, which is working in apache.

[[Going to execute: /bin/sh -c "identify -format '%wx%h %c' '/home/elog/elog-2.9.2/logbooks/HardwareLog/140218_120423_2014-02-18_remod_(extended_II).png.png'" > /tmp/elog-shell 2>&1
Falling back to default group "elog"
Falling back to default user "elog"
*** buffer overflow detected ***: elogd terminated

I would like to create a paper waste logbook. I need to have a column that 
shows a weight in pounds and another column with a calculation from those 
pounds to dollars.  pounds x $4.00 = cost  I was wondering if this was 
possible? 

All other fields would be just Date, Batch#, Operator, Reason, Process 
Operator, Manager, Lbs, and Cost,  I would also like to total this cost if 
possible, on a search selected basis. Similar to Excel.

Thanks for any input

David Egolf

I was upgrading to the latest version and I wrote over my cfg file. I 
still have my database files. Is there a way to put the cfg file back 
together using the database files as a guide.  It did not seem to want to 
upgrade until I did this and I forgot to copy and then paste the cfg files 
back.  The latest version is now running. Before I did this I was still 
getting the old version number at the bottom of the main screen.  Also I 
have an RSS reader that can do user name and password, is this possible 
with Elog if the RSS reader has the ability?

Thanks

I guess this qualifies as two questions.

David Egolf

I have a question about sending emails. I have a customer service ELog 
currently running but I would like to have an option to be able to pick 
from a list of people, one or more than one to send emails to with the 
logbook entry as the body.  I am currently using the email option to send 
emails to a list if an emergency is used in a category but I would like to 
be able to send the entry to different people at different times.  I would 
have everyone pre-entered with their names and emails and you could check 
a box by the person or people you want the log entry sent.  I wasn't sure 
if this is possible with the current system. 

Thanks for any input.

David Egolf

PS. The emails are actually email enabled cell phones so the cs entries 
are going to drivers who pick up and drop off work for the company. 

> > I was upgrading to the latest version and I wrote over my cfg file. I 
> > still have my database files. Is there a way to put the cfg file back 
> > together using the database files as a guide.  It did not seem to want to 
> > upgrade until I did this and I forgot to copy and then paste the cfg files 
> > back.  The latest version is now running. Before I did this I was still 
> > getting the old version number at the bottom of the main screen.  Also I 
> > have an RSS reader that can do user name and password, is this possible 
> > with Elog if the RSS reader has the ability?
> 
> I put an extra dialog box into the installer to prevent overwriting the
> original config file, but unfortunately I cannot prevent people from shooting
> themselves into the foot (;-)
> 
> The database files contain at least the attributes. Just open any file with a
> text editor. But the other settings, like "preset <attribute>" etc. are lost.
> 
> Concerning teh RSS authentication, I willing to implement this if you tell me
> which reader you are using, so that I can test it. You could also try yourself,
> maybe it works without modification. What you would need is public read access
> via "Guest menu commands" option plus a "Read password". The read password
> prevents again the public read access, but the RSS reader can maybe submit it.
> What the RSS reader certainly cannot do is to fill out the "Login" screen of
> elog, so you need the "Guest menu commands" for sure.
> 
> - Stefan

Hello,

Thank you so much for working with me on this.  The RSS reader I have been trying 
is at http://www.rssreader.com   and is version 1.0.88.0  It is a free RSS reader 
and seems to work very well.  It has a username and password system, but I am not 
sure what and how it will support with ELog. I have been successful in reading an 
open logbook with no passwords.  

Thanks again,

David Egolf