Many system administrators may wish to make use of the logging facilities of EMBOSSSetting the variable emboss_logfile in emboss.default or .embossrc allows the system to keep a log of which programs are used when and by whom.
set emboss_logfile /site/log/emboss.logThe log file structure is very simple. Three tab separated fields are stored, program name, user name, and the date and time.
prettyplot joeuser Wed Aug 02 14:29:13 2000The file set in emboss_logfile should be world writable. The following command ensures logging can occur.
chmod +w /site/log/emboss.log
All settings can be overridden in a users .embossrc files by redefining the relevant variables. eg. to prevent my system usage being logged I can redefine emboss_logfile by putting the following entry in my .embossrc file.
set emboss_logfile /dev/nullThis behaviour may change in the future to prevent users redefining some system settings.