> > > I use an older version of elog, but
> > >  
> > > Preset Author = $short_name <$long_name>
> > > 
> > > works for me.
> > > 
> > > One thing to note is that I also have :
> > > Self register = 1
> > > 
> > > So at first login, the user has to type in his name and email adress,
> > > maybe that's why you got "Anonymous". (Otherwise the variable $shortname etc. are not set.)
> > > 
> > > HTH,
> > > 
> > > Christof
> > 
> > Many thanks for your answer.
> > however it seems that your solution requires to have a eLog "password" authentication, which I'd like to avoid since I'd like to use only webserver one.
> > 
> No, I'm also using the webserver authentication.
> May I ask why you think "password" auth is required ?
> 
> The elog has an internal userdatabase with longname, shortname, email etc.
> Even if you are authenticated via the webserver, you also have to have an entry in that userdatabase.
> This entry has to be created by the user who is allowed to get into elog by the webserver. 
> Thus, the Self register option.
> 
> Bests,
> 
> Christof

Sorry, I just double-checked, this userdatabase, I was talking about is the Password-file...

Please try the following snippet :

allow password change = 0
Authentication = Webserver, File
Preset Author = $short_name <$long_name>
Locked Attributes = Author
Password file = PASSWD.file

Christof

> 
> Sorry, I just double-checked, this userdatabase, I was talking about is the Password-file...
> 
> Please try the following snippet :
> 
> allow password change = 0
> Authentication = Webserver, File
> Preset Author = $short_name <$long_name>
> Locked Attributes = Author
> Password file = PASSWD.file
> 
> Christof

Many thanks, that is what I was looking for.

best,
  Stefano

Hi,
  I reopen this old thread since I'm having a similar problem.

I'm running ELOG V3.1.1-0767eb0 on ubuntu with webserver authentication, and I'd like to remove 'active' checkbox as well.

The problem that we found is that if any user click on the [Set None] button at the bottom of the Config page in order to unsubscribe from all mail notification, *all* the checkbox are toggled, not only those for the email notification. And this includes 
also the "active user" as well.
Moreover, if an user click directly on the "active user" checkbox, a warning dialog box appears, asking for confirmation, but this is not the case is [Set none] is pressed: so, in that case, a user deactivate itself without warning.

Looking at the web page as well as at the code, I did not find a possibility, but maybe someone knows better.

Thanks in advance,
  Stefano

> Hello,
> 
> Is it possible to remove the "active" checkbox a user sees when they click on "config"?  Alternatively, is it possible to have a new user arrive directly at the logbook they chose, rather than starting out at the config screen?
> 
> We are running elog-3.1.1 on SL6 with webserver authentication.  For the most part this works great, but somehow a few users become inactive after they login for the first time.  They claim they didn't un-check "active," but I can't think of any other 
way this would happen.
> 
> Many thanks,
> Devin

> Hi,
>   I reopen this old thread since I'm having a similar problem.
> 
> I'm running ELOG V3.1.1-0767eb0 on ubuntu with webserver authentication, and I'd like to remove 'active' checkbox as well.
> 
> The problem that we found is that if any user click on the [Set None] button at the bottom of the Config page in order to unsubscribe from all mail notification,
> *all* the checkbox are toggled, not only those for the email notification. And this includes also the "active user" as well.

I can confirm that this bug is present even in this forum and in my current version (ELOG V3.1.3-aded4ae).
And I am positive that this is a bug: it was certainly not the intended behaviour.

Hi,
  a possible solution is to change the current SetAll() and SetNone() javascript functions to something like:


  <!--
function SetNone()
{
  for(var i=0,els=document.querySelectorAll('[name^="sub_lb"]'); i<els.length; i++)
  {
    els[i].checked = false;
  }
}
function SetAll()
{
  for(var i=0,els=document.querySelectorAll('[name^="sub_lb"]'); i<els.length; i++)
  {
    els[i].checked = true;
  }
}
//-->

It works on Chromium 58.x and Firefox 53.x, I don't know about other browsers.

The javascript snippet is generated in function elogd.c: void show_config_page(LOGBOOK * lbs) (line 13960-984 on my version of the source code).

Best,
  Stefano

Hi,
  sorry to bother again on this issue, but it is causing me some trouble, as many of my users are using the "SetNone" button in their config page, and doing so they deactivate their account, which I have to re-activate manually.

The warning about "Are you sure you want to deactivate your own account ..." is actually triggered only when someone toggle the "active" radio button, but not when the "SetNone" function is used. In that case no warning is present, and the user just deactivate his/her account. I'm sure that this is not the intended behavior.

I attach a modified version of elogd.c (based on git c1866af75bb2fe62aa868c4cf562f43a08e4b499 ) with the modified javascript I proposed earlier in this thread.

best,
  Stefano

Hi,
I´m new in ELOG,
Can u explain me how i config the Mailing?
in my Configuration i do have not the ability to set an Email Host/Server. or i didn´t find it....

I have to use ELOG as ticket system, is it possible to send an email automatically after expiration of a period?

SMTP host = ...

as written in the documentation!

Automatic email after expiration is not possible.