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Sat Jan 28 10:40:18 2006 |
 | G. Vandemoortele | gvdmoort@skynet.be | Question | Linux | 2.6.1 CVS | Re: Running elog as ordinnary user |
| Stefan Ritt wrote: |
First of all, you could use
Preset R-Date = $date
instead of the shell command. Secondly, the command
Preset $text = $shell(whoami && set)
is wrong. Replace it by
Preset text = $shell(whoami && set)
without the "$".
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I'm sorry ; even with this correction, none of the preset strings created with
a substitution mechanism (shell or built-in) works when elogd is started as
ordinnary user. I've tried the same config file /home/gv/.elog/elogd.cfg :
port = 8080
Language = french
Main Tab = Accueil
Usr = gv
Grp = users
Logbook dir = /home/gv/.elog/logbooks
[gauthier]
Self register = 1
Password file = passwd
Theme = default
Comment = Logbook personnel
Default encoding = 1
Time format = %a, %d/%m/%Y %H:%M
Attributes = Type, Statut, Priorité, Sujet, R-Date
Preset R-Date = $shell(/usr/bin/date +"%Y/%m/%d %H:%S")
Preset text = $shell(whoami && set)
;Preset text = Blablabla
;Preset text = $date
Start page = ?rsort=Record date
List display = R-Date, Type, Statut, Priorité, Sujet
Options Type = Divers, Lectures, Musique, Aca, Finances, Santé
Options Statut = A faire, Exécuté, Journal
Options Priorité = 0, 1, 2, 3
Preset Priorité = 0
Extendable Options = Type
Thread display = $sujet ($entry time)
Required Attributes = Type, Sujet
Page Title = ELOG - $subject
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = R-Date, Statut, Type
Sort Attributes = Priorité, R-Date
Started via root (# /usr/sbin/elogd -c /home/gv/.elog/elogd.cfg -x), it works,
but via "gv" ($ /usr/sbin/elogd -c /home/gv/.elog/elogd.cfg -x), it doesn't.
Regards,
Gauthier |
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Fri Jan 27 23:18:07 2006 |
| Stefan Ritt | stefan.ritt@psi.ch | Question | Linux | 2.6.1 CVS | Re: Running elog as ordinnary user |
| G. Vandemoortele wrote: | I've configured elog with some commands running a shell :
Preset R-Date = $shell(/usr/bin/date +"%Y/%m/%d %H:%S")
; for testing :
Preset $text = $shell(whoami && set)
Preset $text = Some fixed text
That worked well when elog was started by root (and falling to user elog),
but later, I moved all the elog tree to /home/my_name/.elog,
(I'd like to start it only when I'm logged, it's only for personnal data)
changed all the attributes/permissions ($chown -R my_name:my_group .elog)
and none of these commands still works ! I use the -x option to allow
shell substitution.
More surprisingly, even the fixed text doesn't work (???) |
First of all, you could use
Preset R-Date = $date
instead of the shell command. Secondly, the command
Preset $text = $shell(whoami && set)
is wrong. Replace it by
Preset text = $shell(whoami && set)
without the "$".
| G. Vandemoortele wrote: | By the way, I also seen that it is necessary to set Usr and Grp to "elog"
via the config file even when it's started by root, because otherwise,
you always get the strings 'Falling back to default group "elog"' and
Falling back to default user "elog" in the output of the shell substitutions. |
There is a good reason for that. If you run elogd as root, this can open a dangerous hole into your system. If there would be any bug in elog, an attacker could gain root access easily. By falling back to a non-root user, the damage can be minimized. As a precaustion, elog falls back to Usr and Grp "elog" if that setting is missing in the config file.
When you run elog under your user name, this fallback is not necessary. Why you got the message 'Falling back' is a mystery to me. I tried to reproduce that, so I run under a non-root account with following config:
[global]
port = 1234
[demo]
Attributes = Subject
Preset Subject = $shell(date +"%Y/%m/%d %H:%S")
and correctly got the date in the "Subject" field with ELOG V2.6.1-1640. |
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Fri Jan 27 20:40:00 2006 |
 | G. Vandemoortele | gvdmoort@skynet.be | Question | Linux | 2.6.1 CVS | Running elog as ordinnary user | Hello,
I've configured elog with some commands running a shell :
Preset R-Date = $shell(/usr/bin/date +"%Y/%m/%d %H:%S")
; for testing :
Preset $text = $shell(whoami && set)
Preset $text = Some fixed text
That worked well when elog was started by root (and falling to user elog),
but later, I moved all the elog tree to /home/my_name/.elog,
(I'd like to start it only when I'm logged, it's only for personnal data)
changed all the attributes/permissions ($chown -R my_name:my_group .elog)
and none of these commands still works ! I use the -x option to allow
shell substitution.
More surprisingly, even the fixed text doesn't work (???)
Any explanation ?
By the way, I also seen that it is necessary to set Usr and Grp to "elog"
via the config file even when it's started by root, because otherwise,
you always get the strings 'Falling back to default group "elog"' and
Falling back to default user "elog" in the output of the shell substitutions.
Regards,
Gauthier
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1635
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Fri Jan 27 13:52:34 2006 |
| Stefan Ritt | stefan.ritt@psi.ch | Question | | 2.6.0b5 | Re: Quicklink does not work for one field |
| mark james wrote: | | OK. But where do I get this from? The "latest version of 19 Jan is still 1622. |
If you can compile it yourself, you get it from Subversion (see here). Otherwise you have to wait for the next release. |
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1634
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Fri Jan 27 13:50:10 2006 |
| mark james | mark@majames.com | Question | | 2.6.0b5 | Re: Quicklink does not work for one field |
| Stefan Ritt wrote: |
| mark james wrote: |
| mark james wrote: |
| Stefan Ritt wrote: |
| mark james wrote: | | I am not so bold as to log this as a bug but one of my Quicklink fields just do not work. |
Sorry my late reply, but now I have fixed this problem. The update is under SVN and will be contained in the next release. |
Thanks for that. I am now using ver V2.6.1-1622. So I guess that doesn't qualify as a "next release". I wonder if there is anything I could do to work around the issue?
Mark |
In fact now the dropdown seems to be working but when I 'tick' an entry, it is not being written to the ascii file. |
Can you try V2.6.1-1634? I fixed several issues with ticking entries coming from "MOptions" lists. |
OK. But where do I get this from? The "latest version of 19 Jan is still 1622. |
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Thu Jan 26 15:19:58 2006 |
| Dimitrios Tsirigkas | dimitrios.tsirigkas@cern.ch | Bug report | Linux | 2.6.0 | Re: ELOG v2.6.0 (Linux) crashes while using " Forgot password?" | | A fix is always for all versions, since I have a common code base. Have you tried Version 2.6.1? |
I got the RPM last week, from the download page. When I run without the -D option it says that it is Version 2.6.0. Since a new version came out in the meantime, I'll give it a try and let you know.
Thanks,
Dimitris |