Privacy
Linas Vepstas
linas at linas.org
Tue Mar 16 08:36:03 CST 2004
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 ...
[background: user wants to leave a desktop perma-logged in, xlock-off,
so wife/kids/parents can use, but wants to passwd protect or possibly
encrypt certain things.]
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