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Mick wrote: |
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> On Tuesday 16 June 2009, Steve wrote: |
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>> So far I've not got far with either Groupware suite... they're both |
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>> close - I wonder how hard it would be to tailor them... Hmmm. |
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> Have a quick look at InfoLog of eGroupware. I think that either on its own, |
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> or as it integrates with AddressBook/ProjectManager/Calendar will do more |
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> than what you want. I'll be surprised if you need to customise it at all. |
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> I have not installed this application, but from a little reading I did, it |
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> seems simply a matter of running apache/MySQL/PHP and unpacking the |
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> filesystem of egroupware under your /var/www/htdocs/egroupware or what have |
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> you. The process is similar to drupal, or any other php based website/CMS |
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> that I have come across. Gentoo helps you do this by emerging egroupware and |
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> I suspect you will then run webapp-config to configure it. |
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I'm glad I persevered with eGroupware - it looks as if it should be |
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superb. While I'm still only beginning the learning curve, its features |
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do seem to be just what I was looking for. |
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One (of many) problems I'm having, however, relate to configuration/email... |
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At the setup phase, I get this rather un-nerving warning: |
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> Warning Checking PEAR::Auth_SASL is installed: False |
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> PEAR::Auth_SASL is needed by: EMailAdmin, felamimail. You can install |
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> it by running: pear install Auth_SASL |
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However, I've installed PEAR::Auth_SASL - and running the command gives me: |
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> $ pear install Auth_SASL |
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> Ignoring installed package pear/Auth_SASL |
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> Nothing to install |
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> $ pear -V |
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> PEAR Version: 1.6.2 |
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> PHP Version: 5.2.9-pl2-gentoo |
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> Zend Engine Version: 2.2.0 |
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> Running on: Linux svr 2.6.23-gentoo-r3 #5 SMP Tue Jan 8 22:41:42 GMT |
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> 2008 i686 |
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> $ |
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I've included the pear version info because all the problems I've found |
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via google have related to a Pear version of below 1.6.1. |
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Stumped by why the installation test for SASL failed, I ploughed on to |
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see where it took me. The answer to this, is as far as trying to access |
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my (working) IMAP server... eGroupware reports: |
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> *The connection to the IMAP Server failed!!* |
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> NO, Authentication failed. |
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I'm stumped as to quite what is wrong - it might be that SASL isn't |
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working; it might be that eGroupware is having a strop that my SSL Cert |
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for my IMAP server doesn't match the FQDN I'm using... or it might mean |
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that I've been bamboozled about how to configure eGroupware and it needs |
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me to configure usernames/passwords somewhere I've not found. Any hints |
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about this would be much appreciated. |
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On a more positive note, the address book (once I've got the hang of it) |
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combined with Infolog (assuming it continues to behave as it appears to |
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at the moment) are exactly what I was looking for. What's more, I'm |
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loving the integrated document management, issue tracker - and might |
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even make use of the timesheet facility in future. eGroupware is an |
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excellent find... Thanks... (all I need to do now is overcome the |
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configuration glitches...) |
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Steve |
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