On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 21:17 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 22:58 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:36 AM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> 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? > > Basically you need to run a separate instance of the X server on another > virtual console. This is usually handled by the Display Manager (*not* > the Desktop Manager). Possible display managers include kdm, gdm, xdm > etc. (you can pretty much mix and match display managers and desktops, > e.g. kdm+Gnome). You need to figure out which one you're using and check > its manual, unless XFCE already has a built-in function for this as KDE > and Gnome do. > > Or just Google for "multiple x servers". > > poc > I am still unclear where the two users are. If the second user is on a different machine this sounds like a job for vncserver and vncviewer. -- ======================================================================= Old Mother Hubbard lived in a shoe, She had so many children, She didn't know what to do. So she moved to Atlanta. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
