Re: Issue with fast-user-switcher-applet
On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:24:58 -0700, Peter Tenenbaum wrote:
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> So, two questions:
>
> First, does anyone else have this problem? I don't see any Debian bugs
> with fast-user-switcher-applet, but I may not be searching correctly.
There is just one old bug filed:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?package=fast-user-switchapplet
> I'm reluctant to enter a bug report for something which I can't reliably
> reproduce and which nobody else has seen (to me, that's more of a UFO
> sighting than a bug report).
Dunno for that applet, but using the default "logout → user switching"
facility I also have to enter the password for each user, yep. Maybe
that's a "by design" security feature :-?
> Second: is there a command I can use at the command line to switch
> between multiple users who are logged in and running gnome, without the
> need of passwords?
Mmmm, I think once you've already logged in on each session you can
switch between them by pressing "Ctrl+Alt+F7" / "Ctrl+Alt+F8" and no
password is prompted. That requires disabling "locking" the screen after
an idle period (you can test and check this point).
> In other words, I'd like to replicate the FUSA
> functionality with a linux command if possible. We really only have 2
> accounts here (mine and my wife's), so I could put a shortcut on her
> menus or desktop which switches to me, and one on mine which switches to
> her.
I've never heard about that "FUSA" thing. Just out of curiosity, what is
it? :-?
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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