Two different users on the same machine

Damon L. Chesser damon at damtek.com
Tue Aug 5 22:37:50 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 22:58 +0100, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:36 AM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com> wrote:
> >> I am running XFCE on F9, and I would like to know how to allow two
> >> different users to login on my machine at the same time. On F8, I
> >> remember a menu entry
> >>
> >> System --> New Login
> >>
> >> but I cannot find it on F9.
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >>
> > I'm not sure I understand the problem... You have a user coming in (over
> > network?) and they can't login? Or what?
> >
> > If you just wan't a session as another user, you use
> > "xterm -e su - USER2" &
> 
> Thanks, Bill. Your suggestion of using the xterm command is a good
> one, but how can one give to USER2 a graphical X session, for
> instance, on CTRL+ALT+F8?
> 
> Paul
> 
I don't have the thread start, but I found this:  gdm-user-switch-applet
yum install gdm-usr-switch-applet Add the applet to your gnome tool bar,
it will allow you to let another log on and keep your up and running.

HTH
-- 
Damon L. Chesser
damon at damtek.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser

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