> -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Stevens [SMTP:rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:04 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Multiple logon > > 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". > > If using command lines, yes. As "don", use "su bob", enter bob's > password and you'll become "bob". When you want to be "don" again, > enter "exit" and you'll magically return to being yourself. > If you're looking for an X Windows session, you could use Xnest to open a window in your current session, or set up virtual terminal 8 to be an X Windows session as well, and use ctrl-alt-8 and ctrl-alt-7 to toggle back and forth. ---- Robert P. Nix internet: nix.robert@xxxxxxxx Mayo Clinic phone: 507-284-0844 RO-CE-8-857 page: 507-270-1182 200 First St. SW Rochester, MN 55905 ---- "Codito, Ergo Sum" "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different."
