Is there a way to create a "front page" or "table of contents" for a logbook?

While chronological entries are good and what elog was designed for, I find myself wanting a page to summarize important things
and/or link to important files that are somewhere in that logbook.  And, I would like to use the features of the elog editor to do (not just point
to another www page that points to the various elog entries).  For example, in an analysis logbook, you would like to have one page that
may summarize latest on analysis and point to best/latest plot/drawing of something and not have to re-search for it every time.

I think that start page with cmd to go to entry 1 (how do I do that?) may work.  Then I just keep editing entry 1 to point to latest info or
entries.  Will this work?  Will I run into a size limitiation if I attach too many files to that?   Is there a better way?

One could imaging using a wiki to do this, however, I never seem to get to updating our wikis... maybe I should just figure how to
get elog to do it.

Thanks.

 I am trying to import a CSV file in to a logbook. The Attributes seem to import fine but it kicks out the first 2 columns of data and shifts the data over to the left by 2 columns. Has anyone tried to do this?

Hi Stefan,

I'm having a problem with 'Preset Text' now behaving differently in the latest release (2.9.1)?
My config file for example has always had: 'Preset Text = This is a test.', previously 'This is a test' was put
verbatim into the text area, now it seems to think whatever follows 'Preset Text =' is always a file and I end
up with 'File <i> This is a test. <i> cannot be found'?

I did notice a 'Print warning if "preset text" file cannot be found' line in the latest release notes, does this
now mean wherever I have used the method above I will now need to make a text file to match?

I'm using them embedded in conditional attributes if that makes any difference?

Thanks for your help.

Hello to @all

First please let me say that I'm a complete green-horn when it comes to linux

I'm running elog on a linux virtual server and would like to use kerberos authentication. If I set 'Authentication = Kerberos' in the elogd.cfg file I get,


If I set 'Authentication = Kerberos, File' it works fine. I hope this is just some error on my part.

thanks,
Tom

I'm slowly able to see the finish line

Now all I need to do is get SSL to work. My server name is hf-info-elog and I'm not sure what the correct values for Port= and URL= should be.

thank
Tom (the green-horn)

Firstly, as with some of the others recently, I am a complete newb when it comes to linux, Though I refuse to let that stop me and really want to get this working.

Pretty much I have a situation where I have been asked to install ELOG, though I am unable to use port 25 at all and also need to use GMAIL for the SMTP server?
It is also my undertanding from the documentation that ELOG only sends mail via port 25

So, I have setup iptables to forward everything from port 25 and a GMAIL IP address used in ELOG's global config for the SMTP, to a stunnel that redirects everything to GMAIL on port 465.
While getting that right took me almost two days, and that was with tons of help and more than half of it being spoon fed to me (though I have learnt SO SO MUCH from just that).
I am still unable to get ELOG to send emails, even if does now seem to connect

Below is a copy of the log from last night (I have spent most of the day trying to sort it out further, but I get the same error)

So I guess my question is, Is it possible to use GMAIL, with ELOG, based on my current conditions, and does anyone have any idea what I can do to go on from here, as I doubt I am the first one to head down this road?
 

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10-Apr-2012 21:45:19 [Chris@1.2.3.4] {logbookA} Email from <chris@server.com> to chris@server.com, SMTP host 173.194.67.108:
10-Apr-2012 21:45:20 [Chris@1.2.3.4] {logbookA} 220 mx.google.com ESMTP XXXXXXXX.XX^M
10-Apr-2012 21:45:20 [Chris@1.2.3.4] {logbookA}
10-Apr-2012 21:45:20 [Chris@1.2.3.4] {logbookA} EHLO SERVER.COM^M
10-Apr-2012 21:45:20 [Chris@1.2.3.4] {logbookA} 250-mx.google.com at your service, [152.106.18.2]^M
10-Apr-2012 21:45:20 [Chris@1.2.3.4] {logbookA} 250-SIZE 35882577^M
10-Apr-2012 21:45:20 [Chris@1.2.3.4] {logbookA} 250-8BITMIME^M
10-Apr-2012 21:45:20 [Chris@1.2.3.4] {logbookA} 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH^M
10-Apr-2012 21:45:20 [Chris@1.2.3.4] {logbookA} 250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES^M
10-Apr-2012 21:45:20 [Chris@1.2.3.4] {logbookA} AUTH LOGIN^M
10-Apr-2012 21:45:21 [Chris@1.2.3.4] {logbookA} Username:
10-Apr-2012 21:45:21 [Chris@1.2.3.4] {logbookA} username@gmail.com
10-Apr-2012 21:45:21 [Chris@1.2.3.4] {logbookA} Password:
10-Apr-2012 21:45:21 [Chris@1.2.3.4] {logbookA} MYXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
10-Apr-2012 21:45:21 [Chris@1.2.3.4] {logbookA} 501 5.5.2 Cannot Decode response fl2sm792152wib.2

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Right now I am pretty stuck, and any advice would be greatly appreciated on how to move forward.

Thanks in Advance
 

Hi,

I was wondering what is the correct way so that the author field when a reply is made shows the author of the
person making the reply.
In version 2.6, the field was filled correctly but since upgrading to ELOG V2.9.1-2435 due to the ssh problem
the field just keeps the author of the original post.

I have a tried a number of subst on reply Author = $long_name with no luck.

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Aldo

Hi,

I'm trying to set up elogd, running on port 8080 behind an Apache server on port 80, using mod_proxy to redirect
to the elogd server, and the recommended

Redirect permanent /elogbook http://example.com/elogbook/
ProxyPass /elogbook/         http://example.com:8080/

This works well for non-password-protected logbooks, but for password protected (that I can access fine via port
8080), I keep getting shown the Login page, even with valid username / password.    

Poking around the code, it appears (probably not too surprisingly) that the issue lies in check_login().  
For example, 

   /* if invalid or no session ID, show login page */
  if (!skip_sid_check && !sid_check(sid, user_name)) {
      if (isparam("redir"))
         strlcpy(str, getparam("redir"), sizeof(str));
      else
         strlcpy(str, isparam("cmdline") ? getparam("cmdline") : _cmdline, sizeof(str));
      /* avoid recursive loops with ?cmd=Login */
      if (stristr(str, loc("Login")))
         str[0] = 0;
      /*  added write_logfile here...
          char mstr[250];
          sprintf(mstr, "show_login B %s isparam: %d, cmd: %d, skip_sid_check: %d, sid_check: %d",
                         user_name,  isparam("redir"), isparam("cmdline"), skip_sid_check, sid_check(sid,
user_name));
           write_logfile(lbs, mstr);

        */
      show_login_page(lbs, str, 0);
      return FALSE;
}

and the logfile shows that user_name is blank(!!) and redir, cmdline, skip_sid_check, and sid_check(sid,
user_name) all to be 0.   In fact, isparam("unm") and isparam("upwd") are also 0, which explains why user_name
is blank.   But the log file also shows

LOGIN user "username" (attempt)
LOGIN user "username" (success)

just prior to this!

I'd guess that the form POST methods aren't being forwarded correctly, but I haven't looked at it in any more
detail.   

Is there a way to make this (password protecting logbooks while also using a proxy to Apache) work?

Thanks!