Wed Feb 21 2018 09:34:28 EST from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored Subject: Re: Citadel server not starting correctly

CONF PUTVAL|c_port_number|504

512 Illegal option(s) specified.

If that command isn't available then you're running an old version of Citadel that doesn't have the new configuration system.

You can probably reset the port number by running the setup program again.

I was thinking of doing that as well, but I was fearing that it would delete all my emails. 

So if I do that my emails wont be gone or something right?

Regards

Anything regarding previous doubts?

The installation seemed to go ok, without any visible errors, but when I try and login as the new admin, I have to click the login button 3 times before anything happens, then I just get the clocking circle icons.

I ran the following:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get install citadel-suite

I am running Raspbian 9.3, codename stretch

Then I also tried changing my sources.list to:

deb http://debian.citadel.org/debian/jessie main 

I like that you're thinking about the problem and coming up with a thoughtful
solution, one that takes into consideration the fact that you want to rotate
your backups, cull the logs after the backup, etc.

I do have a couple of suggestions:

1. Instead of rotating the backup names, you might consider just including
the day of the week in your backup filenames.  That way you automatically
get seven days of backups, and then they get overwritten without you having
to rotate them.

2. If you're using the newest version of Citadel, you might consider only
doing backups of /usr/local/citadel/data instead of the whole tree.  That
will just give you the database.  For added safety, have your script back
up /usr/local/citadel/data/cdb.* and *then* /usr/local/citadel/data/log.*
after that.  This is what Berkeley DB recommends.

Does citadel have shared calendar functions?

I tried adding a new event in calendar for a standard level 4 user, but the attendees button never works! The attendees tab also never displays citadel users to include; only current user's contacts.

Also, when adding events I notice the event appears "delay" shifted in the day view. Meaning, if I set event from 14:00 to 16:00, the hours are saved correctly but in the day view graphic appears like 13:00 to 15:00.

Using citadel 917 and tried with latest firefox browser.

Using citadel 917 installed from easy-install, multiple issues found!

--I can't find where chat history/logs are saved for each user. I have "Log all pages" disabled, so according to docs only sender and receiver should receive copies of their conversations. Where are they saved? How can each user access their message logs!?

--WTH is the "chat" room for? Even with multiple users currently online if user enters this chat room only sees him/herself! Messages are aimed to nothing! I expected this to be a *real* chat room where users could join and chat.

--Configuring pidgin did not work. I followed the doc "Configuring a jabber client for citadel".

Protocol: xmpp

Username: user's username

Domain: my ip address xx.xx.xx.xx

Resource: left in blank (doesn't make any difference)

Password: user's password; checked "remember password"

In Advanced tab checked "allow plaintext auth..." and left default port 5222, just like configured in citadel server.

But in latest pidgin now it forces to choose one of 3 ssl options. "Ask for certificate" and "use certificate when possible" don't work, pidgin pops error "invalid certificate". Third option, "use old ssl", does not pop the error and lets account to be enabled, but it does nothing! Message options such as send new instant message are usable, but status always gets stuck in "connecting", no users appear at all, neither online nor offline, and sent messages aimed to a user never arrive.

What happens to the irc channel at freenode?

Do you no longer make use of it?

I like that you're thinking about the problem and coming up with a thoughtful
solution, one that takes into consideration the fact that you want to rotate
your backups, cull the logs after the backup, etc.

I do have a couple of suggestions:

1. Instead of rotating the backup names, you might consider just including
the day of the week in your backup filenames.  That way you automatically
get seven days of backups, and then they get overwritten without you having
to rotate them.

2. If you're using the newest version of Citadel, you might consider only
doing backups of /usr/local/citadel/data instead of the whole tree.  That
will just give you the database.  For added safety, have your script back
up /usr/local/citadel/data/cdb.* and *then* /usr/local/citadel/data/log.*
after that.  This is what Berkeley DB recommends.

Does citadel have shared calendar functions?

I tried adding a new event in calendar for a standard level 4 user, but the attendees button never works! The attendees tab also never displays citadel users to include; only current user's contacts.

Also, when adding events I notice the event appears "delay" shifted in the day view. Meaning, if I set event from 14:00 to 16:00, the hours are saved correctly but in the day view graphic appears like 13:00 to 15:00.

Using citadel 917 installed through easy-install and tried with latest firefox browser.

Using citadel 917 installed from easy-install.

--I can't find where chat history/logs are saved for each user. I have "Log all pages" disabled, so according to docs only sender and receiver should receive copies of their conversations. Where are they saved? How can each user access their message logs?

--WTH is the "chat" room for in webcit? Even with multiple users currently online if user enters this chat room only sees him/herself! Messages are aimed to nothing. I expected this to be a *real* chat room where users could join and chat.

--Configuring pidgin for chat client did not work. I followed the doc "Configuring a jabber client for citadel".

Protocol: xmpp

Username: user's username

Domain: my ip address xx.xx.xx.xx

Resource: left in blank (doesn't make any difference)

Password: user's password; checked "remember password"

In Advanced tab checked "allow plaintext auth..." and left default port 5222, just like configured in citadel server.

But in latest pidgin now it forces to choose one of 3 ssl options. "Ask for certificate" and "use certificate when possible" don't work, pidgin pops error "invalid certificate". Third option, "use old ssl", does not pop the error and lets account to be enabled, but it does nothing! Message options such as send new instant message are usable, but status always gets stuck in "connecting", no users appear at all, neither online nor offline, and sent messages aimed to a user never arrive.

I tried this command (running as root):

curl http://easyinstall.citadel.org/install | sh

Fri Feb 23 2018 11:54:44 AM EST from nbewhm4 @ Uncensored Subject: easy install failed

I tried this command (running as root):

curl http://easyinstall.citadel.org/install | sh

Eventually I got this error:

* Downloading libcitadel...

* Installing libcitadel...

  Complete.

* Downloading Citadel...

* Installing Citadel...

 

Citadel Easy Install is aborting.

 

A log file has been written to /tmp/citadel-install-log.txt

Reading this file may tell you what went wrong. If you

need to ask for help on the support forum, please post the

last screenful of text from this log.

 

 

At the end of the .txt log file I got:

......

checking libcitadel.h usability... yes

checking libcitadel.h presence... yes

checking for libcitadel.h... yes

checking for libcitadel_version_string in -lcitadel... yes

checking for OpenSSL... (system)

checking for db_create in -ldb... yes

checking ldap.h usability... no

checking ldap.h presence... no

checking for ldap.h... no

configure: error: OpenLDAP development headers were not found and are required.  More info: http://www.citadel.org/doku.php/installation:start

Operating system: Linux Debian 9.3 ( 4.9.59-v7+ armv7l)

 

I'm at a loss as to what to try next.... Any helpful suggestions please?

 

apt install libldap2-dev

run easy-install again

citadel documentation should be updated, but webmaster most likely doesn't give a damn

What happens to the irc channel at freenode?

Is it no longer used, or was never?

Using citadel 917 installed through easy-install and using latest firefox browser.

--I tried adding a new event in calendar for a standard level 4 user, but the attendees button never works! The attendees tab also never displays citadel users to include; only current user's contacts.

Does citadel have any shared calendar functions?

--Also, when adding events I notice the event appears "delay" shifted in the day view. Meaning, if I set event from 14:00 to 16:00, the hours are saved correctly but in the day view graphic appears like 13:00 to 15:00.

Using citadel 917 installed from easy-install.

--WTH is the "chat" room for in webcit? Even with multiple users currently online if user enters this chat room only sees him/herself! Messages are aimed to nothing. I expected this to be a *real* chat room where users could join and chat.

--Configuring pidgin for chat client did not work. I followed the doc "Configuring a jabber client for citadel".

Protocol: xmpp

Username: user's username

Domain: my ip address xx.xx.xx.xx

Resource: left in blank (doesn't make any difference)

Password: user's password; checked "remember password"

In Advanced tab checked "allow plaintext auth..." and left default port 5222, just like configured in citadel server.

But in latest pidgin now it forces to choose one of 3 ssl options. "Ask for certificate" and "use certificate when possible" don't work, pidgin pops error "invalid certificate". Third option, "use old ssl", does not pop the error and lets account to be enabled, but it does nothing! Message options such as send new instant message are usable, but status always gets stuck in "connecting", no users appear at all, neither online nor offline, and sent messages aimed to a user never arrive.

I tried this command (running as root):

curl http://easyinstall.citadel.org/install | sh

configure: error: OpenLDAP development headers were not found and are required.  More info: http://www.citadel.org/doku.php/installation:start

Operating system: Linux Debian 9.3 ( 4.9.59-v7+ armv7l)

 

I'm at a loss as to what to try next.... Any helpful suggestions please?

apt-get install libldap2-dev