OLMS (online library mangement system)

The Online Library Management System (OLMS) is a secure and efficient platform designed to streamline library operations. It features user authentication, password-protected administrative access, and comprehensive book management. Leveraging system calls for file handling and multithreading, along with socket programming for concurrent client access, OLMS ensures optimal performance, data consistency, and secure access to library resources. other requirements for project are mentioned in MiniProject.pdf

Features

• admin user
  • add books
  • delete books
  • modify books
  • search books
  • add users
  • modify user's password
• normal user
  • issue books
  • return books
  • see books to be returned
• the server generates the log file for successful change in library in activity.log file produced during runtime

project structure

src : contains source code for server and client
include : contains all header files
bin : will store final binaries and other files produced during runtime like logs and binary files

How to run

installing prerequisites

ubuntu

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential -y

building the project

git clone https://github.com/Abhinav-Kumar012/olms.git
cd olms
make all #to build both server and client
make server #to build server only
make client #to build client only
make clean #to clean bin folder

running the project

to run the server

cd bin
chmod +x server
./server

to run the client

cd bin
chmod +x client
./client

Note : client can't run without starting the server