Top groups should use separate password files, otherwise things can mess up.

Stefan

> There is a read password ("Read Password=..." entry in elogd.cfg) on
> the logbook which I cannot bypass from the client.

This is correct. The elog utility works with write passwords and user level access
(specifying a password file), but not with read passwords, that's not implemented. Use a
password file and you should be fine.

> There is a required attribute called "Publiek", and it's defined as
> MOptions. Whenever I try to upload, I keep getting the message that 
> it misses this attribute.

Your problem is that you try to combine a MOptions with a "-r <n>" (reply-to) option. I
have never tried that and found there is a problem. I changed the way MOptions are
submitted. Instead of using <name>_0, <name>_1 etc, you can now do a 

-a "<attrib>=<value1> | <value2>"

This also solves the problem with the "-r" option. You have to upgrade elogd.c from CVS.

This solved the problems, thanks for the fast response!

On a side note, one would expect that when "Fixed Attributes Edit" or "Fixed Attributes
Reply" is set, the attributes in this list shouldn't be supplied with the command line client.

Anyway, my problem is solved. Thanks for the great product.

Pieter.

> On a side note, one would expect that when "Fixed Attributes Edit" or "Fixed Attributes
> Reply" is set, the attributes in this list shouldn't be supplied with the command line client.

Well, don't shoot yourself in the foot! The communication between elog and elogd is limited. elog
more or less submits "blindly" whatever you give it on the command line. If "Fixed Attributes
Edit/Reply" is set in the configuration, this only affects the web page with the entry form, so
these attributes are not shown as edit boxes. They are not checked during submission by elogd. Now
to get the same functionality with elog, elog whould have to retrieve the full entry form, analyze
the HTML code, find out which attributes have edit boxes and which ones not. So that's a lot of
work. Since most people use elog in scripts, they set it up once and forever correctly. There are
actually a few people which even want the functionality that elog can change attributes which are
normally fixed.

- Stefan

Okidokie. May I then humbly suggest to mention this in the documentation of the elog command client?

> Okidokie. May I then humbly suggest to mention this in the documentation of the elog command client?

I did modify it already, see http://midas.psi.ch/elog/userguide.html at the bottom.