Re: Privacy
Derek Atkins <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gnome.apps.gnucash.devel,gmane.comp.gnome.office.general |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
[email protected] (Linas Vepstas) writes: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 04:03:13PM -0500, Kevin T.Broderick was heard to remark: >> >> As the most recent reply I've seen clearly outlined, it's quite >> possible to create >> a user specifically for gnucash (or perhaps gnucash and other sensitive >> files) >> and then su to that user (who is the only non-root user with access to >> the files). > > Derek, and anyone else who is listening, the above is actually a good > enough idea to actually consider implementing. It allows for a > passwd-protected login to the app, and it allows the OS to handle > all of the 'other aspects' of security. I'm cc'ing gnome-office, > as surely this comes up often enough for other apps as well ... Yes, but there isn't much for *US* to implement. This is mostly a sysadmin setup issue. Or at worst a documentation issue. -derek -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH [email protected] PGP key available