On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Don wrote: > While I'm logged on to one user id, can I log on as a different user, then > switch/flip back and forth? > > For example, I log on as user "don", but then want to log on as user "bob", > but not have to log off "don"? When I log off "bob", I'd "return" to "don". (tigger pts4) $ who tdiehl :0 Nov 7 00:54 tdiehl pts/0 Nov 7 00:55 tdiehl pts/1 Nov 7 00:55 tdiehl pts/2 Nov 7 00:55 tdiehl pts/3 Nov 7 00:55 tdiehl pts/4 Nov 7 00:55 tdiehl pts/5 Nov 7 00:55 tdiehl pts/6 Nov 7 00:55 tdiehl pts/7 Nov 7 00:55 tdiehl pts/8 Nov 7 00:55 tdiehl pts/10 Nov 7 00:55 tdiehl pts/11 Nov 7 00:55 tdiehl pts/12 Nov 7 00:56 tdiehl pts/13 Nov 9 01:02 tdiehl pts/14 Nov 7 00:56 tdiehl pts/15 Nov 7 00:56 tdiehl pts/16 Nov 7 00:56 tdiehl pts/17 Nov 7 00:56 tdiehl pts/18 Nov 7 00:56 tdiehl pts/19 Nov 7 00:56 root pts/20 Nov 7 00:56 root pts/21 Nov 7 00:56 bdiehl pts/22 Nov 7 00:56 mdiehl pts/23 Nov 7 00:56 brian pts/24 Nov 7 00:56 tom pts/25 Nov 7 00:56 Does this answer your question?? IOW switch to another tty and log on as whoever you wish. You can also use su to switch to a different user within the same tty. HTH, ................Tom
