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.

When compiling elogd on AMD64 (in 64 bit mode) there are many 
warnings like these:

src/regex.c:3769: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
src/regex.c:3769: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
src/regex.c:3775: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size

The reason is the (int) cast, which (I think) is not necessary.

Is there any way to search for all attributes _except_ a certain value?

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PhDThesis{a}, Proceedings{b}, TechReport{c}, Unpublished{d}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. 

In order to avoid having to remember multiple usernames/passwords for
different systems, is it possible for ELOG to use external authentication
via Active Directory, etc?

Thanks,
Steve