[Koha-devel] Multi-branch SCO [Was: Re: Branch Specific System Preferences]

[Chris Nighswonger]

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Ian Walls <koha.sekjal at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Chris,
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> If you don't specify the SCO user in the sysprefs, you have to manually
log in as that user on the workstations you are designating as SCO.  This
is then subject to timeout, I believe.
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> So, if you don't mind maintaining the distinct logins on your
workstations manually, you're in good shape, no new code required.  It
would only be a project if you wanted to enable auto-login for that set of
users.
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>

'WebBasedSelfCheckTimeout' currently sets the timeout of the SCO account.
On our system we have this set to match 'timeout,' so the timeout is not an
issue in our case.

This actually looks like an appealing workaround to our "issue."

That said, I'm still on-board for the branch-specific prefs, etc. work.

Kind Regards,
Chris


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> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Chris Nighswonger <
cnighswonger at foundations.edu> wrote:
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>> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:54 PM, David Schuster <dschust1 at gmail.com>
wrote:
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>>> OK here is how we have it setup, and I just verified it still works
that way with 3.06.04.
>>>
>>> AutoSelfCheckAllowd - Don't Allow
>>>
>>> The librarian logs into the sco using a "user" setup as
lmsxxx/password  - xxx is the location
>>>
>>> All transactions there are associated with the user's location.
>>>
>>> Granted that forces you to setup 67 users and someone has to open that
up, but it has been working well for us for 4 years.
>>>
>>> Does that make sense?  I don't want to auto login as you note somehow
the system needs to know where you are from to track stats and route books
correctly.
>>>
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>> This is too easy to be true.... ;-) Let me see if I understand correctly:
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>> At Branch A:
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>> 1. Log into the staff client using Branch A's SCO account.
>> 2. Navigate to the sco interface.
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>> At Branch B:
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>> 1. Log into the staff client using Branch B's SCO account.
>> 2. Navigate to the sco interface.
>>
>> Please tell me it works this way and save me lots of hours of coding...
;-)
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>> Kind Regards,
>> Chris
>>
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