On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 05:07, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > In message <mailman.99.1282894128.29448.python-l...@python.org>, Rami > Chowdhury wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 05:04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro >> <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: >> >>> In message <pan.2010.08.22.04.26.33.547...@nowhere.com>, Nobody wrote: >>> >>>> Having this as a separate permission allows normal users to add entries >>>> to log files but not to erase existing entries. >>> >>> Unix/Linux systems can do this already. >> >> Ooh, I didn't know that -- what combination of permissions would I >> have to use to get such an effect? > > No special permissions needed at all—just use the syslog(3) functions. > > And the nice thing is, you don’t have to know whether the system logs are > kept on the local machine or on a remote machine, or how different > categories of messages are divided up into different files, how log rotation > is done, or anything like that—it’s all transparent.
Ah, thanks -- I think I'd misread your first post as indicating that that kind of "append" effect would work for any file. Apologies for the misunderstanding! -- Rami Chowdhury "Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice." -- Hanlon's Razor 408-597-7068 (US) / 07875-841-046 (UK) / 0189-245544 (BD) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
