[Koha] Can't add items in public lists any more...

[Marcel de Rooy]

Sonia,
I can't make up the exact Koha version from what you write. So the following reply is based on some assumptions that could not be true..

Probably you are on 3.8.X or 3.10.X now. 
You say that this list is created by no one. I assume that this list has been created by a user that has been deleted from your system. In that case the owner becomes null (empty); use of the list is still governed however by the permissions defined for that list. Did your user try to add items without being logged in, for instance? When she logs in, can she see the list, add items or delete items? 

What we still need in Koha, is to change ownership for such lists. 
A quick and dirty way to recover this situation would need mysql access to the database.
If you have that or someone can do this for you, please check:
  select shelfnumber from virtualshelves where shelfname LIKE '%yourlistname%'
  *yourlistname should be substituted *
  use this number in the next mysql command: i called it yournumber
  select owner, allow_add, allow_delete_own, allow_delete_other for shelfnumber= yournumber
  if you have no error here, you are on 3.8
  i guess owner is null, but if the other values are 1, you should be able to use the list
  if not, try this:
  update virtualshelves set allow_add=1 where shelfnumber=yournumber

Hope this helps.
And keep an eye on further developments for lists..

Marcel
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Van: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz [koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] namens Sonia P. [sossolapro at hotmail.com]
Verzonden: maandag 20 mei 2013 4:19
Aan: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Onderwerp: Re: [Koha] Can't add items in public lists any more...

Dear all
Do you know if the lists owners could have changed with our recent Koha update?I have checked the Koha manual, I have googled whatever I could, I just can't find much information about these public lists.  How do we change the owner?  We have got a librarian here, she used to be able to add items in some lists (I am not sure whether she was the lists owner or not, but at least she could add items), no she can't.Also, I have just tried myself.  If I create a public list with everyone being allowed to do anything, then really it works, everyone can use it.  But we can't use any more the lists we used to use before, there is noone written in the "created by" column for these lists, and we don't know how to change that.  Another way of solving the problem for us, could be that I create new lists with everyone being allowed to use them again, and then export the contents of the old useless lists, but I can't find in the manual how to export / copy / paste / do-anything-really with
  the public lists.
Any help would be appreciated...
Cheers,
Sonia.