Re: Two different users on the same machine

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On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 18:37 -0400, Damon L. Chesser 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?
> > 
> > Paul
> > 
> I don't have the thread start, but I found this:  gdm-user-switch-applet
> yum install gdm-usr-switch-applet Add the applet to your gnome tool bar,
> it will allow you to let another log on and keep your up and running.
Thanks . I knew it existed but I did not take time to find it,
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