From: SMTP%"bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU" 9-SEP-1993 08:29:42.18 To: EVERHART CC: Subj: Re: Anonymous News Usage logging patches Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 04:16:12 GMT Reply-To: Charles Bailey Sender: ANU-NEWS Discussion Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was news@NETNEWS.UPENN.EDU From: Charles Bailey Organization: HHMI/Human Genetics, Univ of Pa. Subject: Re: Anonymous News Usage logging patches To: Multiple recipients of list ANU-NEWS In article <1993Sep2.105014.3010@vmsmail.gov.bc.ca>, ewilts@vmsmail.gov.bc.ca (E d Wilts) writes: > I have just modified my News 6.1 sources to allow for anonymous News logging. > This is accomplished by defining one additional logical name. > $ def/sys/exec news_usage_log "log.file" > $ def/sys/exec news_usage_anonymous "yes" > When this latter logical is defined, all entries to the log file will show as > Account "account". The benefit of this is that we can maintain statistics > on what groups are being accessed (# articles read/posted) yet not track > individual user information (the "big brother is watching" syndrome). The > account name is taken from the UAF (via a GETJPI call). Ed Wilts has kindly provided me witha copy of his patch, which has been added to the ANU News patch archive here as patch 930902_NewsUtility.Patch. The patch archive can be accessed by anonymous ftp to genetics.upenn.edu, in the directory Anon_Root:[ANU_News.Patches]. See the file $ReadMe.Txt in that location for more information. If you don't have ftp access but would like a copy of the patch, send me mail and I'll get the patch to you. Thanks to Ed Wilts for his addition to News. Regards, Charles Bailey !------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! Dept. of Genetics / Howard Hughes Medical Institute ! University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Rm. 430 Clinical Research Bldg. ! 422 Curie Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA Tel. (215) 898-1699 ! Internet: bailey@genetics.upenn.edu (IN 128.91.200.37) !-------------------------------------------------------------------------------