When Chrome came out, I vaguely remember that there were some initial problems, but they have been fixed since about a year. But I see you are using a pretty old version of ELOG, so please consider upgrading. 

> Hi,
>   I have an elog server which uses apache/ldap for authentication.
> I would like to have the username used for ldap to be set automatically as author field in the elog.
> 
> I'm using: 
> Authentication = Webserver
> and I do set the env-variable X-Forwarded-User correctly to the ldap username
> 
> GET /test/?cmd=New HTTP/1.1
> Host: localhost:8080
> Authorization: Basic bGFjYXByYXI6TWEwMiSyYnVt
> ...
> Cookie: elmode=Summary; sid=D7DE678B7CAA1D10; ufnm=lacaprar; urem=0
> ...
> X-Forwarded-User: lacaprar
> 
> How can I preset author to X-Forwarded-User?
> Preset Author = $??
> I've tried $short_name/$long_name but I got Anonymous.
> I understand that it is so because these are meant to be filled when password authentication is used: any way to use some other variable with the Webserver auth?
> 
> thanks in advance,
>   Stefano


Hi,

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

> 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.

best,
  Stefano

> > 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

> > > 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

I gave the user email address priority over the "Use email from" option, that
means only if the user does not have an email address, then the "Use email from"
value is used. Now I realize that the priority is maybe wrong, so I should give
the "use email from" switch the highest priority. Only if this flag is not
present, then the system uses the user's email address. If that one is not
present, too, then the system uses "elog@<host>".

I applied this change to the CVS version, so let me know if it is ok with you.