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  1189   Thu Jun 9 15:20:04 2005 Warning Heiko Scheith.scheit@mpi-hd.mpg.deBug reportLinux2.5.9Re: elog crashes when admin tries to register new users

Stefan Ritt wrote:

Heiko Scheit wrote:
When pasting the URL for the registration of new users (with 'Self register = 3') elog
crashes with segmentation fault. I don't have the time currently to give you more
debuging information but maybe you can have a look the same. It crashes after
the user is registered. The Email is sent, too.


I cannot reproduce this problem either. The only difference I see is that I use thunderbird as my email client, where I don't have to copy/paste the activation URL into my browser, but just click on it. If maybe the copy/paste operation adds an additional CR/LF or so, that could be a problem. Can you check again? A stack trace of the crashed elogd would help as well.


The following appended after the base (!) URL results in a segmentation fault
?cmd=Activate&new_user_name=test1&new_full_name=Test1

It works fine, if a specific logbook is given. So
http://my.ho.st/?cmd=Activate&new_user_name=test1&new_full_name=Test1
is not OK, while
http://my.ho.st/myLogBook/?cmd=Activate&new_user_name=test1&new_full_name=Test1
is OK.
  1195   Thu Jun 16 22:37:06 2005 Reply Stefan Rittstefan.ritt@psi.chBug reportLinux2.5.9Re: reverse sort option does not work for quick filter
I finally found some time to fix this problem. The fix is under CVS.
  1198   Fri Jun 17 22:33:29 2005 Reply Stefan Rittstefan.ritt@psi.chBug reportLinux2.5.9Re: elog crashes when admin tries to register new users

Heiko Scheit wrote:
The following appended after the base (!) URL results in a segmentation fault
?cmd=Activate&new_user_name=test1&new_full_name=Test1

It works fine, if a specific logbook is given. So
http://my.ho.st/?cmd=Activate&new_user_name=test1&new_full_name=Test1
is not OK, while
http://my.ho.st/myLogBook/?cmd=Activate&new_user_name=test1&new_full_name=Test1
is OK.


Thanks for that info. It helped me debugging things. The problem is that the "activation" URL does not contain a logbook if there is a global password file. I have never tried that so of course it crashes Crying

I tried to fix this and committed the changes to CVS. Can you try with that version?
  1199   Fri Jun 17 22:37:59 2005 Entry Stefan Rittstefan.ritt@psi.chBug reportLinux2.6.0-betaRe: Menu text ignored??

Emiliano Gabrielli wrote:
uh oh ... just maked some tests before posting ... "Find Menu text" does my job !!!?!?!!!! why "Find" in the name? it is displayed in the list view, not Find ... Am I completely out?


Well, the normal list view was not there from the beginning. Originally you always saw the last entry, and had to click on "Find", do a search and then see the listing. Only later this became the default view. So "Find Menu text" was there from the beginning, and some people used it. If I change it now to "List Menu text", guess how many people would complain that their config file doen not work anymore.

Well, maybe I should allow both options "Find menu text" and "List menu text", change it in the documentation, and in a year from now remove the "Find menu text".
  1205   Mon Jun 20 09:59:10 2005 Entry Emiliano GabrielliAlberT@SuperAlberT.itBug reportLinux2.6.0-betaRe: Menu text ignored??

Stefan Ritt wrote:

Well, maybe I should allow both options "Find menu text" and "List menu text", change it in the documentation, and in a year from now remove the "Find menu text".


It's a great way to solve the misunderstanding IMHO, tnx Wink
  1206   Tue Jun 21 19:24:58 2005 Reply Heiko Scheith.scheit@mpi-hd.mpg.deBug reportLinux2.5.9Re: elog crashes when admin tries to register new users

Quote:

Thanks for that info. It helped me debugging things. The problem is that the "activation" URL does not contain a logbook if there is a global password file. I have never tried that so of course it crashes Crying

I tried to fix this and committed the changes to CVS. Can you try with that version?


Not really, unless you have a fixed 2.5.9 version. Version 2.6 has
way too many new features, which I don't want at the moment. Or is
there a config option to get the old behavior?

I also saw that the format of the email notification has changed. As
I have scripts (bash, akw, procmail) that depend on this format I
would need much more time than I currently have to actually test
everything.

Maybe you should consider supporting two branches, say 'stable' (2.5.9
currently) and 'experimental' (2.6 currently)? For 'stable' only
severe bugs and security issues are fixed and in 'experimental' new
features are introduced. What do you say?

For me the risk of upgrading to 2.6 now seems to high, as many people
depend on the logbook.
  1207   Tue Jun 21 19:38:06 2005 Reply Heiko Scheith.scheit@mpi-hd.mpg.deBug reportLinux2.5.9email flagged as spam

Heiko Scheit wrote:

I also saw that the format of the email notification has changed. As
I have scripts (bash, akw, procmail) that depend on this format I
would need much more time than I currently have to actually test
everything.


By the way, the emails I get from the forum are now all flagged as
spam. SpamAssassin is used and Spam-score header is

X-Spam-Score: 4.875 (****) ADDRESS_IN_SUBJECT, BAYES_00,HTML_40_50,
HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_24, HTML_MESSAGE, MIME_HEADER_CTYPE_ONLY,
MIME_HTML_ONLY, MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER, MSGID_FROM_MTA_ID,
NO_REAL_NAME, SPF_FAIL, SPF_HELO_PASS, TO_MALFORMED

Maybe you can see what the problem is.
  1208   Wed Jun 22 11:04:41 2005 Warning Emiliano GabrielliAlberT@SuperAlberT.itBug reportAll2.6.0beta2[BUG] show only new entries
the new link "show only new entries" is very useful but seems to still have some problems:

  • I can't find any simple way to return to the "every entries" display .. may be the link has to be switched to a checkbox to be actived or not
  • I found a way (at least)... following the "config" link, doing nothing and coming back restores the view .. this is a feature now, but when a less tricky mechanism will be implemented will become a bug Tongue


another entry for my wishlist:
writeing the above code I noticed that the elcode buttons are lacking of a "
  • " shortcut .. it will be very usefull Smile

    PS:
    Writeing the wish above I noticed that the [ *] is interpreted as an item also otside the LIST tag .. so .. or the LIST tag is optional, or the [ *] should not be interpreted outside of it ... it's another bug ? TongueP
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