client-server

Derek Atkins warlord@MIT.EDU
22 Dec 2000 10:57:55 -0500


David Merrill <dmerrill@lupercalia.net> writes:

> From *my* perspective (me, the database, that is), it is all based on
> the user_name under which you are logged on. The database doesn't know
> anything else on which it can base things. So the calling layer has to
> translate from URL or virtual home or whatever into a user_name in the
> database.
> 
> Providing for multiple everythings is decidedly nontrivial, but I'll
> start on it.

Would it be possible, if we do go the gnc_server/gnc_client route, to
allow the gnc_server to login to the database and have _that_ do
access control on the data?

-derek

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