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Borrowers' password encryption method in database
by Altaf Mahmud 20 Nov '10

20 Nov '10

Hi, I want to know how Koha saves its borrowers' password in database? Is it one-way conversion? For example, if a password is saved as '4QrcOUm6Wau+VuBX8g+IPg', can I decode it back to its original text which was '123456'? Thanks. -- Altaf Mahmud System Programmer Ayesha Abed Library BRAC University Bangladesh.

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how to ldap configration on koha
by tibabu beza 20 Nov '10

20 Nov '10

how to ldap configration on koha. i try to configra ldap on koha like below but it give me the following fantal error. how I can correct it <useldapserver>1</useldapserver>  <ldapserver id="idm"> <hostname>192.168.5.55</hostname> <base>dc=idmdomain,dc=edu</base> <user>cn=kohaadmin,ou=koha,dc=idmdomain,dc=edu</user>  <pass>adama</pass>  <replicate>1</replicate>  <update>1</update>  <auth_by_bind>1</auth_by_bind>  <principal_name>%s(a)my_domain.com</principal_name>  <mapping>  <firstname is="givenname" ></firstname> <surname is="sn" ></surname> <address is="postaladdress" ></address> <city is="l" >Athens, OH</city> <zipcode is="postalcode" ></zipcode> <branchcode is="branch" >MAIN</branchcode> <userid is="uid" ></userid> <password is="userpassword" ></password> <email is="mail" ></email> <categorycode is="employeetype" >PT</categorycode> <phone is="telephonenumber"></phone> </mapping> </ldapserver> Koha error The following fatal error has occurred: No "ldapserver" in server hash from KOHA_CONF: /etc/koha/koha-conf.xml at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Auth_with_ldap.pm line 53. Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Auth.pm line 44, <DATA> line 275. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Auth.pm line 47, <DATA> line 275. Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/mainpage.pl line 23, <DATA> line 275. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/mainpage.pl line 23, <DATA> line 275. Apache Server version: Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) Server built: Apr 13 2010 19:28:27 Koha 3.00.06.010 Koha DB 3.0006010 MySQL mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.41, for debian-linux-gnu (i486) using readline 6.1 OS Linux tibabu-desktop 2.6.32-22-generic-pae #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 14:57:29 UTC 2010 i686 Perl 5.010001

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Re: [Koha] Proposal to form Koha Technical Committee
by Chris Cormack 20 Nov '10

20 Nov '10

I feel I have made it fairly clear that I am not opposed to solr. But, and this is a big but, I will not be accepting for 3.4 a rewrite of C4::Search that only works with Solr. If people want Solr in 3.4, then the search needs to work with both zebra and Solr. I don't think this is unreasonable at all and provides a smooth transition for any libraries who want to use solr without forcing those who don't to have to upgrade. I would hope that any meeting on the subject would have this as its aim. My aim is to release a stable release in what is now 5 months time. The same rule is applied for the template work, the new templating system should be functionally equivalent to the current system there should be utterly no regression. The same with dbix::class::schema and any rfcs. So let's move forward on this, time is short if we want solr in 3.4 we need to start work on making sure it still works with zebra Chris Ps my son turned 4 today and I have birthday party tomorrow so won't be around the net until Monday nz time. On 20 Nov 2010 17:49, "LAURENT Henri-Damien" < henridamien.laurent(a)biblibre.com> wrote: Le 19/11/2010 22:41, Thomas Dukleth a écrit : > Reply inline: > [snip]> > Much of the capabilities which Zebra support provides are not being used > in Koha and we are comp... As far as I know, solr is succesfully everyday used in many opensource OPACS, and other projects too (thunderbird, alfresco, Drupal, .... ). I donot claim that they are better than we do. But why should we doubt that this solution, widely used, which is a real kind of standard in indexing engine would be a good one ? a) Getting and providing Suppport fot that tool would be easier. Solr community exists. b) Since it has been used in Vufind, and Blacklight, i think we could share experiences more easily, Eventually direct bridges between Koha and those solutions. > > There is more than just the problem of losing very good Z39.50/SRU server > support which wou... It was done in koha2.2 and as far as I know, without zebra, this feature still exists in our testing box. It is just using direct ZOOM search rather than C4::Search::SimpleSearch. So this valuable feature is still there. And we care not to break existing features. Same for the Z3950 server which we wrote a wrapper using Net::Z3950::SimpleServer. This would allow ppl to expose their collection as a Z3950 server. > > As I have stated previously, C4::Search ought to be rewritten in future > using prefix query f... Well, Rewriting the whole Search With PQF would not be handy in many aspects. I have thought about that many times. And using PQF still appears to me not to be the solution. a) It is really a pain to maintain and analyse. b) Whenever you need some more feature in your search, you have to add some more qualifiers, and therefore provide a robust parser. > Continuing to support Common Command Language (CCL) is trivial because Yaz > translates CCL to PQF... Again, we used Data::SearchEngine as a base for coding, and use the results from qurying Data::SearchEngine If anyone is willing to write a Data::SearchEngine::Zebra, Data::SearchEngine::Nutch, Data::SearchEngine::Pazpar2, feel free to do so. We will contribute not just to our little community. But to the wider PERL community. > When > the opportunity to rewrite the Zebra code would arise, rewriting would be > much easier w... This is why we are willing to gather use cases. To build Tests !!! No tests have ever really been built for C4::Search. So at the moment, I can't assign your fear of loss of features. Provide tests and will do our best to make it pass. If it is proven that we can't then we will talk precisely. By the way, did you know that the "valuable" feature you told about searching "The" was not really a zebra feature as you stated. But provided by the Search itself. It duplicated the old need for null words in Koha. But then again, there was no tests for that. > > I have raised all of these issues on the koha-devel list without much > specific response. On... Well I wanted a meeting to be held and we were working on testing and trying to assing all the raised problems in order to provide you with more technical details. Expect another message from us soon. -- Henri-Damien LAURENT BibLibre _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@li...

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FW: Zebra Issue
by Scott Kushner 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

________________________________ From: Scott Kushner Sent: Fri 11/19/2010 9:57 AM To: koha-bounces(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Zebra Issue Hello all, I've run out of disk space on one physical HD and can't finish indexing. Has anyone set up Zebra to do the index on another physical volume? How would you go about configuring that? thanks, sincerely, Scott Kushner Middletown Library 55 New Monmouth Rd Middletown, NJ 07748

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Questions about printing paper notices
by Heidi J. Oliversen 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Hello all: If you have time, please respond to this email if you are currently printing notices in order to snail mail them to your patrons. 1. When printing paper notices what kind of paper do you print the notices on? * Regular 8x11 sheets * Pre-perforated 8x11 sheets * Continuous pin-feed, tri-fold forms 2. What type of printer do you print your notices on? * Desk top or system laser printer * System copier/printer with folding capabilities * High speed pin-feed printer Any information you can share will be very helpful. Thank you, Heidi Oliversen -- "Helping member libraries provide the best possible service to the public." Heidi Oliversen Circulation Technology Specialist South Central Library System hjo(a)scls.lib.wi.us 608-242-4711

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Custom Search Engine for Koha
by Lori Bowen Ayre 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Has anyone set up a Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) for all things Koha so that users have one place to search that will get them access to PDFs of the manual plus the mailing list archives plus the great stuff on the NEKLS site and Owen's blog...just to name a few key spots. Just wondering if there is such a thing sitting out there already and I just don't know about it. Lori Ayre

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Question about branches
by luis silva 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hello, I wonder if is possible to set permissions for a user that it can only manage the branch that is associated? Any information will be appreciated. Thanks, Luís Silva

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Thanks & question re: special character
by Amy Schuler 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hello, First I would like to say thanks to Savitra and Greg for responding to my question this week about relevance ranking. Savitra's suggestion to disable sys pref QueryAutoTruncate made a big difference. Search results are much better since I followed that advice! Here is something I just now (!) came across. I have 919 records with ampersands that render in HTML code, "&". Does this require that I fix all 919 records or is there an easier database-level solution? I really cannot believe I did not notice this before now : / My tech support specialist wonders whether it is a reserved character in Koha, but I do not know. Thanks!

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Global editing of items
by makekee＠msu.ac.zw 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hi All I have imported 1 record with 80 holdings/items. I would like to globally edit some of the fields in the items all at once instead of going record by record. Is there a good way of doing this? Ephraim Zimbabwe ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Koha relevance ranking
by Amy Schuler 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hello, to those of you now upgraded to 3.2, I continue to have relevance ranking issues in Koha - have you noticed this too? For instance, basic unfielded search for "models in ecosystem science" turns up multiple results for irrelevant items, with the correct item somewhere down the list. In our old catalog system, which is for the most part a piece of junk, I conduct an unfielded search for "models in ecosystem science" and I get exactly one result, for the correct item. There are many similar examples. I am running Koha v. 3.02.00.004. Do you notice relevance ranking problems? I have been monitoring this list for similar complaints, but have not seen any. Is this a problem with my installation or is it widespread? If widespread, have you come up with any workarounds? Thanks! Amy Schuler Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

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