Re: New to Rekall

On Thursday 22 Jul 2004 21:15, 
l13vme302-O/bDAPVd7B0N+BqQ9rBEUg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > In a previous message, Darren 
> > <hbeck2003-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > First - How is Rekall deployed for the end-user that manipulates
> > > the information in the database, but doesn't have access to the
> > > configuration tools for building tables, forms, reports, etc.?
> >
> > I believe that you need the Rekall runtime version for this
> > (available as a separate package).
>
> I bought Rekall for migration from Access (as part of migration from MS
> to Linux).  I'll be the only user, but I'm used to being able to "just
> use database front end" (MSA's, and Alpha4's before it) when I'm
> wearing my User Hat (as versus my Admin Hat).  But I'll only be running
> it on one system.  I hope that in this case, I can run the non-runtime
> version as a user, for "just using" <g> Rekall, and do configuration as
> root, when needed.  Yes?  Or am I missing something completely -- many
> years of Winthink and only two years with Linux might be tripping me
> up, here.

You need be root to install rekall, but any non-root user can then run it. 
What you could do is to develop your app, storing the forms, etc., in a 
directory (rather than in the database itself). If you do that as (say) user 
"fred", and make sure that "bill" has read access to the directory but now 
write access, then "bill" can run the forms but not change them. Of course, 
they *could* make a complete copy of the forms and stuff to one of their own 
directories, but they couldn't change the original.

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