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Re: switching user in X without logging out previous user



On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 08:20, Micha Feigin wrote:
> Is it possible to switch the active user in X without actually logging
> out using the graphical interface( (x|g|k)dm ) like with the change
> users option of m$ XP ?

Not quite, but there something similar.

If you're using Gnome 2.4, there's a "New Login" item in System Tools
under the Application menu item. This will create a new X11 session on a
different virtual terminal, complete with (x|k|g)dm.  I uses gdm as my
graphical login and the instance on the second X11 session now has a new
item (Quit).

Your current session still exist and you can get back to it either by
selecting the Quit item on the second gdm screen or doing the
Ctrl+Alt+F# where # is the virtual terminal of your original X11 session
(most likely # = 6).


-- 
Steven Yap <syap@shaw.ca>



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