is there a way to set up a logbook so that a password is required to get
into it, but no username?

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> is there a way to set up a logbook so that a password is required to get
> into it, but no username?

Have a look under "Access control" in the manual. What you need is "Read
Password".

> > is there a way to set up a logbook so that a password is required to get
> > into it, but no username?
> 
> Have a look under "Access control" in the manual. What you need is "Read
> Password".

thanks. that seems to get me the functionality i needed. is there any way to
get rid of the username line when using the "Read Password" feature? as it is
now, you can either leave it blank or enter anything you want, so long as you
use the correct password it still works. however, to keep users from getting
confused, i think it would be better to only have a box asking you for the
password and not both the password and username.

> thanks. that seems to get me the functionality i needed. is there any way to
> get rid of the username line when using the "Read Password" feature?

No, this is an HTTP standard. The dialog box is generated by your browser, and I
do not know any way to prevent it.

Hi, we are using ELOG for keeping track of a server maintainance.  I've
translated some of ELOG's strings.  The file is attached.  There will be
more translations, when I get inspired again ;-)

there is a guide on the contributions logbook at

elog:Contributions/11

for securing Elog using SSL and Apache.

Could you implement a 'hide attribute' and 'sort attribute' config option?
While sort is probably not so easy to do the hide option would already 
be very useful.  What I want to do is to use elog to collect bibtex entries
which are then used to generate a bibtex file.  So, e.g. if the entry 
type 'Article' is selected I would like that all fields that do not make
sense are hidden.  Currently I just lock them.  The config looks like
this:

Attributes                  = Login, Bibtex Key, Entry Type, Address,
Annote, Author, Booktitle, Chapter, Crossref, Edition, Editor, Howpublished,
Institution, Journal, Key, Month, Note, Number, Organization, Pages,
Publisher, School, Series, Title, Type, Volume, Year, URL, Short Comment
Options Entry Type          = Article{1}, Book{2}, Booklet{3}, InBook{4},
InCollection{5}, InProceedings{6}, Manual{7}, MastersThesis{8}, Misc{9},
PhDThesis{a}, Proceedings{b}, TechReport{c}, Unpublished{d}
Required Attributes         = Entry Type
; ARTICLE
{1} Comment Author          = [required]
{1} Comment Journal         = [required]
{1} Comment Title           = [required]
{1} Comment Year            = [required]
{1} Locked Attributes       = Address, Annote, Booktitle, Chapter, Crossref,
Edition, Editor, Howpublished, Institution, Key, Organization, Publisher,
School, Series, Type


Instead of Locking the attributes, hiding them altogether would make the
entry form look much nicer.  
A further improvement would be to sort the attributes, e.g. for author I
would sort the like this, i.e. the more important entries first:

{1} Sort Attributes    = Author, Title, Journal, Volume, Pages, Year, Month,
Number, Note

Attributes not mentioned in the sort line could then be displayed 
in any order.