RE: different log files for different users on UNIX

2001-06-13 Thread Aaron Smuts
though. Aaron -Original Message- From: Thilo Schottelius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 8:12 AM To: 'LOG4J Users Mailing List' Subject: RE: different log files for different users on UNIX Dear Aaron, I thought that it was the requrirement from

RE: different log files for different users on UNIX

2001-06-13 Thread Thilo Schottelius
files are closed after writing, or am I wrong? Thilo -Original Message- From: Aaron Smuts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2001 13:54 To: LOG4J Users Mailing List Subject: RE: different log files for different users on UNIX Do the users need to see the log? If not why

RE: different log files for different users on UNIX

2001-06-13 Thread Aaron Smuts
Schottelius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 5:03 AM To: 'LOG4J Users Mailing List' Subject: RE: different log files for different users on UNIX Dear Steffen, one solution would be to create a category for every user: String user="xyz" myCat=Category.getIns

RE: different log files for different users on UNIX

2001-06-12 Thread Ceki Gülcü
Thilo, Steffen, I strongly discourage you from creating a distinct category for every user. There is a better way. See my previous mail on the same subject. Ceki At 11:03 12.06.2001 +0200, Thilo Schottelius wrote: >Dear Steffen, > >one solution would be to create a category for every user: >

Re: different log files for different users on UNIX

2001-06-12 Thread Ceki Gülcü
Steffen, Log4j configurators support variable substitution. Such that user=foo log4j.appender.A1.file=/export/home/${user}/logfile.log will be expanded to log4j.appender.A1.file=/export/home/foo/logfile.log Similarly, the system property "user" will be expanded. Let me know if this does not

RE: different log files for different users on UNIX

2001-06-12 Thread Thilo Schottelius
Dear Steffen, one solution would be to create a category for every user: String user="xyz" myCat=Category.getInstance("myClass"+user); Then you can add the file appender for this category concerning to the users home directory. You may receive the user name from your servlet or via JAVA call: