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-This shows all messages from all logbooks (all=1). It is a good idea to have logbook tabs one here:
+This shows all messages from all logbooks (all=1). It is a good idea to have logbook tabs one +here in the elogd.cfg configuration file:
Logbook tabs = 1
@@ -81,31 +82,20 @@ Note the "l" before the second attribute, as in "lAuthor=1".
-There is a trick for that: Define two logbooks, but with the same data directory. The first one has no passwords, but a restricted set of menu commands. The second logbook has a read and/or write password or user level access and a full menu (including edit, delete, etc.). So the public uses the first logbook, while the adminitrator uses the second logbook. Here is an example configuration file: -
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-[global] -logbook tabs = 0 +In an old version of the FAQ it has been stated here that one has to use two logbooks pointing to +the same data directory. From Version 2.0.6 on, this can be accomplished much easier by the usage +of the "Guest menu command". Use a logbook with user level access (password file), and add +menu lists like in the following example to the configuration file:-Note the "logbook tabs = 0" which "hides" the restricted logbook so that public users don't get confused. --[Public] -data dir = c:\elog -Comment = Public access -Attributes = Author, Type, Category, Subject -Options Type = Routine, Software Installation, Problem Fixed, Configuration, Other -Options Category = General, Hardware, Software, Network, Other -Menu commands = Find, Last day, Last 10, Help +
+Menu commands = New, Edit, Reply, Find, Last 10, Change password, Logout, Help
+Guest menu commands = Find, Last 10, Login, Help
+-[Restricted] -Data dir = c:\elog -Comment = Access only for administrator -Password file = passwd.txt -Attributes = Author, Type, Category, Subject -Options Type = Routine, Software Installation, Problem Fixed, Configuration, Other -Options Category = General, Hardware, Software, Network, Other -Menu commands = New, Edit, Delete, Reply, Find, Last day, Last 10, Config, Change Password, Logout, Help -
+If users access the logbook without supplying a user name, they are treated like "guests" and see +the "Guest menu commands", with which one cannot submit or edit logbook entries. If one hits the +"login" button, a user can login with a user name/password and sees the normal menu commands, with +which one can submit new logbook entries.