[otrs] Cannot create FAQ Categories

Poe Chen poe.poechen at gmail.com
Tue Apr 1 17:57:28 GMT 2008


Not sure what else you can do, probably looking into /tmp/otrs.log and see
if you can find more info?

Good luck,


Poe

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Nick Bright <nick.bright at terraworld.net>
wrote:

> Just for grins, I tried rebooting - didn't help though.
>
> ---
> - Nick Bright
>   Network Administrator
>   Terra World
>   Tel 888-332-1616 x 315
>   Fax 620-332-1201
>
>
> Wes Sothard wrote:
> > My server did the same.  I rebooted it and FAQ showed up and I was
> > actually able to use it like you are supposed to be able to.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Wes Sothard
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > *From:* otrs-bounces at otrs.org [mailto:otrs-bounces at otrs.org] *On Behalf
> > Of *Poe Chen
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:37 PM
> > *To:* User questions and discussions about OTRS.org
> > *Subject:* Re: [otrs] Cannot create FAQ Categories
> >
> > Did you do a manual install or a package install?  I just go to
> > Admin->Package Manager->Update->Install (FAQ) and once it's installed,
> > the FAQ button shows up in the Admin.
> >
> > Actually, even regular screen will show the FAQ button too.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> >
> > Poe
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Nick Bright <nick.bright at terraworld.net
> > <mailto:nick.bright at terraworld.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     There is no "Admin->FAQ".
> >
> >     However, as an experiment, I took the URL for adding an FAQ Article:
> >
> >
> http://otrs.terraworld.net/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentFAQ&Subaction=Add
> >     <
> http://otrs.terraworld.net/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentFAQ&Subaction=Add>
> >
> >     and changed that to
> >
> >
> http://otrs.terraworld.net/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentFAQ&Subaction=Category
> >     <
> http://otrs.terraworld.net/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentFAQ&Subaction=Category
> >
> >
> >     and was greeted by the "FAQ Category" section, in which I can add
> >     Categories.
> >
> >     I'm concerned why Admin->FAQ is not available, though. Perhaps there
> is
> >     some sort of error in my installation.
> >
> >     ---
> >     - Nick Bright
> >       Network Administrator
> >       Terra World
> >       Tel 888-332-1616 x 315
> >       Fax 620-332-1201
> >
> >
> >     Poe Chen wrote:
> >      > Do you see a Category button on the top when you login as admin
> and
> >      > click on Admin->FAQ?
> >      >
> >      > That's how I create the Category in FAQ.
> >      >
> >      > Hope it helps.
> >      >
> >      >
> >      > Poe
> >      >
> >      > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Nick Bright
> >     <nick.bright at terraworld.net <mailto:nick.bright at terraworld.net>
> >      > <mailto:nick.bright at terraworld.net
> >     <mailto:nick.bright at terraworld.net>>> wrote:
> >      >
> >      >     Thanks for the feedback, however I am logged in as a user in
> the
> >      >     faq_admin group that has all permissions.
> >      >
> >      >     In an experement, I removed all permissions from the
> >     faq_admin group
> >      >     from my user and tried to post another FAQ entry, and still
> >     receive the
> >      >     error "Error: Need CategoryID!", indicating that the problem
> >     is not
> >      >     permissions; but rather that no Category was selected.
> >      >
> >      >     As I described in my OP, no category was selected, because
> >     the category
> >      >     dropdown box is empty, and I cannot locate within OTRS any
> >     place to add
> >      >     categories.
> >      >
> >      >     So, my original question remains: Where do I add categories?
> >      >
> >      >     ---
> >      >     - Nick Bright
> >      >       Network Administrator
> >      >       Terra World
> >      >       Tel 888-332-1616 x 315
> >      >       Fax 620-332-1201
> >      >
> >      >
> >      >     Poe Chen wrote:
> >      >      > Nick,
> >      >      >
> >      >      > You need to login as the user in "faq" or "faq_admin"
> >     group to have
> >      >      > permission to add articles in the FAQ.
> >      >      >
> >      >      > That's how I get mine working....
> >      >      >
> >      >      > Hope it helps.
> >      >      >
> >      >      >
> >      >      > Poe
> >      >      >
> >      >      > It's pretty easy, just make sure that you have set the
> >     permission
> >      >      >
> >      >      > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Nick Bright
> >      >     <nick.bright at terraworld.net
> >     <mailto:nick.bright at terraworld.net>
> >     <mailto:nick.bright at terraworld.net <mailto:
> nick.bright at terraworld.net>>
> >      >      > <mailto:nick.bright at terraworld.net
> >     <mailto:nick.bright at terraworld.net>
> >      >     <mailto:nick.bright at terraworld.net
> >     <mailto:nick.bright at terraworld.net>>>> wrote:
> >      >      >
> >      >      >     Greetings,
> >      >      >
> >      >      >      I've installed OTRS 2.2.5 recently, including the FAQ
> >      >     module. After
> >      >      >     adding users to the "faq" and "faq_admin" groups, and
> >     putting
> >      >     in my FAQ
> >      >      >     information upon clicking submit, this error is
> generated:
> >      >      >
> >      >      >     ERROR: OTRS-CGI-10 Perl: 5.8.8 OS: linux Time: Tue Apr
>  1
> >      >     13:46:22 2008
> >      >      >
> >      >      >     Message: Need CategoryID!
> >      >      >
> >      >      >     Traceback (2038):
> >      >      >        Module: Kernel::Modules::AgentFAQ::Run (v1.11)
> >     Line: 563
> >      >      >        Module: Kernel::System::Web::InterfaceAgent::Run
> >     (v1.23)
> >      >     Line: 670
> >      >      >        Module: /opt/otrs/bin/cgi-bin/index.pl (v1.81)
> Line: 47
> >      >      >
> >      >      >     Indeed, the Category dropdown box is empty (no
> selectable
> >      >     options);
> >      >      >     however I cannot locate anywhere within OTRS where I
> can
> >      >     create new
> >      >      >     categories. Nor have I been able to locate in any OTRS
> >      >     documentation
> >      >      >     where this function should even be located.
> >      >      >
> >      >      >     So, my main question is this: Where am I supposed to
> >     be able
> >      >     to go to
> >      >      >     create categories?
> >      >      >
> >      >      >     --
> >      >      >     ---
> >      >      >     - Nick Bright
> >      >      >       Network Administrator
> >      >      >       Terra World
> >      >      >       Tel 888-332-1616 x 315
> >      >      >       Fax 620-332-1201
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