[Koha] Problems when setting permissions to patrons

[Marc Véron]

Hi Katrin,

What do you think, could'nt we test for critical database tables and warn
on the About page / System information if they are empty?

And if yes,  what tables should we test?

Marc



Am 11.10.2015 um 11:36 schrieb Katrin Fischer:
> Hi Igor,
>
> ok, that explains the empty screens - the permissions are defined in the
> database and haven't been installed in your system.
>
> One reason how this could happen is that something got unchecked in the
> mandatory section during running the web installer. Another might be an
> error in the SQL files, but the French web installer should be ok - I think.
>
> What you can do is look for the SQL files in installer/data/mysql/...
> and run them manually. But it might also make sense to reset and run the
> web installer again to see if it works a second time around and to make
> sure nothing else is missing.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Katrin
>
> Am 10.10.2015 um 17:32 schrieb Igor Milhit:
>> Hi Katrin,
>>
>> Thank you for your answer.
>>
>> I check the tables: 'permissions' and 'userflags' are there, but they
>> are empty, both of them.
>>
>> I think I've run the web installer in french.
>>
>> Igor
>>
>>
>> Le 10. 10. 15 14:23, Katrin Fischer a écrit :
>>> Hi Igor,
>>>
>>> I wonder if the permissions got correctly installed in your installation
>>> - could you check if the the database tables permissions and userflags
>>> do have entries in your installation?
>>>
>>> Which language did you run the web installer in?
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>>
>>> Katrin
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 09.10.2015 um 16:40 schrieb Igor Milhit:
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I’m testing Koha locally, on my laptop running Debian Jessie. I followed
>>>> the installations instructions for Debian on the wiki :
>>>> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Debian
>>>>
>>>> I’m using the stable release which is the 3.20.04.
>>>>
>>>> After logging in with the database user, I created a library, some item
>>>> types, patrons categories, and patrons. First, I created two of them,
>>>> both of the staff type. And the I wanted to set permissions to one of
>>>> them (superlibrarian).
>>>>
>>>> But when I’m clicking on the “set permissions” button (or link), I get a
>>>> page without permissions to set, but a “save” button :
>>>> http://id-libre.org/cloud/index.php/s/MYZyY6IMUkrjUTr (french interface)
>>>> http://id-libre.org/cloud/index.php/s/8rutOXX4xArNgH2 (english interface)
>>>>
>>>> In the |/var/log/koha/[library]/intranet-error.log| I could read errors
>>>> like this one : |member-flags.pl: Use of uninitialized value $roadtype
>>>> in concatenation (.) or string at
>>>> /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/members/member-flags.pl line 176|
>>>>
>>>> Searching Google with this information got me this bug :
>>>> http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14136 I’ve
>>>> tried the patch,but with no result.
>>>>
>>>> Asking for help through IRC, I’ve been advised to set some authorized
>>>> value to the ROADTYPE category. I did, then edited the patrons with this
>>>> new value, without succes. Then I tried to create a new user with the
>>>> minimal informations, as I’ve been advised though IRC, to log out and
>>>> in, and to set the permissions of this new user, but still, an empty
>>>> page. Then I tried to delete all my patrons, to log out and in, recreate
>>>> a very simple staff one, and to set his permissions… with the same empty
>>>> result.
>>>>
>>>> As suggested through IRC, I checked in About Koha > System Information,
>>>> and found no relevant message there.
>>>>
>>>> Any help is welcome !
>>>>
>>>> Of course, I’ll give all needed further information…
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Igor Milhit
>>>>
>>>> ​
>>>>
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