Re: [Gnumed-devel] Slightly modified logon gui

[Ian Haywood]

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 17:38:39 +1000
Richard Terry <address@hidden> wrote:

> Remembering passwords is an interesting thing.
> 
> The way I look at it is as follows.
> 
> One boots up the machine in the morning - sitting in front of it and needs a 
> password to access it. Once in the gui - and once gnuMed is running - if you 
> leave the room you should (or it automatically should), password lock the 
> gnuMed gui, so that no-one can access it.
IMHO console locking is a function of the operating system, not an individual
application, as more than one app on a given desktop may need to be protected.

With passwords, we could have gnumed attempt a "local socket" connection 
before displaying the logon prompt. In this case the password is unneccessary
as postgres can confirm the user's identity via the OS.
This may be useful on some production systems: example: a small GP
clinic using a terminal server: one server box running all the clients and the 
database.

Ian
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