FYI, I had problems a few weeks ago trying to get the command line elog working, blamed everybody and everything but myself.

In my case it was command line syntax errors and eventually got it going as part of a nightly script

While testing I ran the Elog Server from the command line in verbose mode to see if that helped determine the problem.

On the server end the logbook uploading to is set for Plaintext

# Set entries to TEXT Only format
Default encoding = 1
Allowed encoding = 1

Elog server authenication is standard built in to elogd, no PAM, no LDAP, no Kerberos 

Below is what works for me, I’ve replaced my Elog Server Hostname, Elog Username & Password used to connect to the server with generic.

Elog Server version = elog-3.1.4-2

# Log details in Elog Server

/usr/local/bin/elog -h HOSTNAME -p 80 -l Backups -u USERNAME PASSWORD -a Backup=NightlyBackupScript -a Hostname=$HOST -n 1 -x -m /tmp/elog.nightly.script.$TIMESTAMP

I've been caught out in the past having a very old version of the elog command line talking to a recent Elog Server build or Encoding not matching

Query

(FYI, OS = FreeBSD, Elog Version as showing on logon box = V3.1.4-)

Is it possible to use both Style <attribute> and Cell Style <attribute> on the same row?
For example, have a Logbook containing several Attributes and display a subset of those attributes in Summary Mode. Two attributes are of interest for this query which are part of the attributes displayed in Summary Mode, attributes ‘Assign Line’ and ‘Service’ 

If the ‘Attribute Assign Line = Assign 1’ then shade all cells in that row #808080
but if the ‘Attribute Service = 1600’ always shade that cell #7A5776 

Config file includes
Style Assign Line Assign 1 = background-color:#808080
Cell Style Service 1600 = background-color:#7A5776

The result is the row gets shaded #808080 if ‘Assign Line = Assign Line 1’ but fails to shade the Service cell colour #7A5776 if it equals 1600 

Extract from HTML source for the ‘1600’ cell when both conditions are correct shows both background-color values are present and the cell is styled the first value listed (which is Style Assign Line Assign 1 = background-color:#808080 but I always want #7A5776 for cell Service when it is of value 1600)
.
<td class="list2" style="background-color:#808080" style="background-color:#7A5776"><a href="../Daily/1">1600</a></td>  

Thank you,

David

Hi there,

Here's a bit of a special scenario. There's no server-side check the user is logged in upon posting, but it rather seems the server relies on the post data sent from the form.

An example of this can be triggered on a write restricted elog, by hitting on New and logging out in another tab. Then posting, from the first tab, will post as if the user was logged on. Hitting back and posting again also works.

Cheers

 Hi there :)

I'm having a problem with the e-mail notification on my installation of elog. I'm testing the attachment upload with images, and it seems to work seamlessly. However upon posting, the e-mail notification sends a null attachment, instead of the image I would expect.

Is there an error log I can check for this? I started the elog process without the daemon option, but I can't see any error coming up.

Cheers,
 

Hello community,

I have a feature request for the form of the ELOG.

For some users, especially coming from a MAC background, it is very inconvenient to press enter (ie. on the subject field) and post a message (or get prompted to do so). Instead, enter in these fields should work as a tab.

Cheers, keep up the good work,

Daniel

I upgraded from ver 2.5.5-2 to 2.5.8-2 and found that none of my preset text
worked any longer.  I struggled with it for several hours and then reverted
back to 2.5.5-2 and the preset text worked again.  I have attached my
elgd.cfg file for review.  Thanks in advance for your help...