ELOG Logbooks Location

I moved my ELOG logbooks from one laptop to another. After installing ELOG on the new laptop, I needed to tell ELOG where to look for logbooks, since by default it expects logbooks to be in the logbooks directory beneath the installation directory, e.g. C:\Program Files\ELOG\logbooks. To do so, I took the following steps:

1. Open elogd.cfg, which is stored in the ELOG installation directory, e.g. C:\Program Files\ELOG\elogd.cfg, with Notepad from an administrator account.
2. In the global section add a Logbook dir = <directory> line where <directory> is the directory where you wish to have the logbooks stored. Note: don't use quotes around directory names, even if there are spaces in the names of directories in the path to the logbook directory. E.g.:

   [global]
   port = 8080
   logbook dir = C:\Documents and Settings\James\My Documents\ELOG\logbooks

3. You then need to create a section in elogd.cfg for the logbook. Put the name of the logbook between "[" and "]" and then add the relevant lines for that particular logbook. E.g.:

   [sysadmin]
   Theme = default
   Comment = System Administration
   Attributes = Author, Type, Category, Subject
   Options Type = Configuration, Malware Scan, Patches, Problem, Problem Fixed, Routine, Software Installation, Upgrade, Other
   Options Category = General, Hardware, Software, Network, Security, Other
   Options Author = John Smith
   Required Attributes = Author

4. Save the modified elogd.cfg.
5. Restart ELOG, which you can do from an administrator account from the command line using the following commands:

   C:\>net stop elogd
   The elogd service is stopping.
   The elogd service was stopped successfully.
   
   
   C:\>net start elogd
   The elogd service is starting.
   The elogd service was started successfully.

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