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Entry  23 Sep 2006, Konstantin Olchanski, Bug Report, mhttpd elog corruption via double-edit 
    Reply  24 Sep 2006, Stefan Ritt, Bug Report, mhttpd elog corruption via double-edit 
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          Reply  28 Sep 2006, Stefan Ritt, Bug Report, mhttpd elog corruption via double-edit 
Message ID: 306     Entry time: 24 Sep 2006     In reply to: 304     Reply to this: 307
Author: Stefan Ritt 
Topic: Bug Report 
Subject: mhttpd elog corruption via double-edit 

K.O. wrote:
Aparently the mhttpd elog will corrupt the elog files if two (or more\?) elog entries are being edited at the same time. K.O.


That's strange. Since mhttpd is single threaded, there should not be any multi-thread/process conflict there, since the elog files cannot be written simultaneously from two different browser sessions. If entries are edited at the same time, they get then submitted one after the other. Of course it is possible to edit the same entry, in which case the second submission "wins", overwriting the first one without notification. Withing the standalone elog server there is the option to lock entries ("use lock = 1") to prevent this, but this feature is not present in the mhttpd elog.
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