Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: gnumed.conf

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 12:49:58PM +0100, RKI Andreas wrote:

> >I notice that under my individual machine (nonroot) account "jb" there 
> >*does* exist this directory containing:
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...
> Hmmm, the only thing I wonder about is that the logfiles are not "hidden"
> in the hidden directory ~/.gnumed.
I think they are if I properly understand Jim.

> This is a question of philosophy.  Karsten prefers per user logfiles.
> I personally would prefer logfiles that are writable by users in a
> group gnumed on a common place like /var/log/gnumed.
The reason is simple: Log files might potentially leak
sensitive patient data which may even be allowed to be known
to this one user only. Hence we need to put log files into a
user local place.

Karsten
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