Hi Members,

I have compiled and installed ELOG in Ubuntu 22.04. My ELOG version is 3.1.5 revision fc6679b. I would like to use both the password file (../logbooks/elog.pwd) and the LDAP for authentication purpose. In addition to this, new users should be able to register and existing users should be able to reset their password.

Anyone could shed some light on how to do this in the configuration file?

Thanks,
Scott

The section of the ELOG Administrator's Guide https://elog.psi.ch/elog/adminguide.html describing how to build and install ELOG on a Mac OS X system has worked well for me for several years, even though there have been warnings that the "load" and "unload" subcommands of the "launchctl" command have been deprecated for some time.  After trying my luck again on a new Mac with the latest operating system, I encountered errors of the type "Load failed: 5: Input/output error" when attempting to follow these instructions.

After a bit of searching around, I used information at the page https://www.alansiu.net/2023/11/15/launchctl-new-subcommand-basics-for-macos/ to deploy the more current subcommands as follows:

sudo launchctl enable system/ch.psi.elogd
sudo launchctl bootstrap system /Library/LaunchDaemons/ch.psi.elogd.plist 

sudo launchctl disable system/ch.psi.elogd

Once the above can be verified, perhaps the instructions in the Administrator's Guide can be updated accordingly.

Here's a more complete/correct set of the updated commands:

sudo launchctl enable system/ch.psi.elogd
sudo launchctl bootstrap system /Library/LaunchDaemons/ch.psi.elogd.plist 

sudo launchctl bootout system /Library/LaunchDaemons/ch.psi.elogd.plist
sudo launchctl disable system/ch.psi.elogd

Cheers,
Andreas

Thanks a lot Stefan, for fixing this so quickly! I'm now running 3.1.5 fe60aaf0, with the phantom-attachment-count issue in the Summary view now resolved.  Cheers, Andreas W.

Thanks for the info, I updated the adminguide.

Stefan

Hi Stefan, Thanks a lot for implementing the updated commands. I noted that there are a few typos that could cause people confusion if not fixed:

In one case, "launchctl" is misspelled.

Confusingly, I think the two lines containing the 'enable' and 'disable' commands use the contiguous text string "system/ch.psi.elogd" (no space), whereas the two lines containing the 'bootstrap' and 'bootout' commands use the phrase "system /Library/LaunchDaemons/ch.psi.elogd.plist" (note space after 'system').

Many thanks, Andreas W.

Thanks, fixed.

Stefan

Hi Team,

I have set up Elog on the Ubuntu server using the compile and install method. I have installed ImageMagick and GhostScript along with that.

You can find "ImageMagick detected" mentioned in the service status provided below:

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● elogd.service - The ELOG Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/elogd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2024-04-23 08:59:50 UTC; 1 day 1h ago
       Docs: man:elogd(8)
             man:elog(8)
   Main PID: 858 (elogd)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 9365)
     Memory: 163.5M
        CPU: 25.825s
     CGroup: /system.slice/elogd.service
             └─858 /usr/local/sbin/elogd -D -c /usr/local/elog/elogd.cfg

Apr 23 08:59:50 server1.com systemd[1]: Starting The ELOG Server...
Apr 23 08:59:50 server1.com elogd[858]: elogd 3.1.5 built Mar 21 2024, 17:20:15
Apr 23 08:59:50 server1.com systemd[1]: Started The ELOG Server.
Apr 23 08:59:50 server1.com elogd[858]: revision fe60aaf0
Apr 23 08:59:50 server1.com elogd[858]: CKeditor detected
Apr 23 08:59:51 server1.com elogd[858]: ImageMagick detected
Apr 23 09:00:08 server1.com elogd[858]: Server listening on port 8080

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root@server1# identify -version
Version: ImageMagick 6.9.11-60 Q16 x86_64 2021-01-25 https://imagemagick.org
Copyright: (C) 1999-2021 ImageMagick Studio LLC
License: https://imagemagick.org/script/license.php
Features: Cipher DPC Modules OpenMP(4.5)
Delegates (built-in): bzlib djvu fftw fontconfig freetype heic jbig jng jp2 jpeg lcms lqr ltdl lzma openexr pangocairo png tiff webp wmf x xml zlib

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However, the ImageMagick was found to be not working on my logbook. See the below error on the logbook.

Cannot create thumbnail, please check ImageMagick installation

I have attached a screenshot for reference.

Please could someone help me how to solve this?

Many thanks,
Scott