Multiple logon

Don dnrlinux at san.rr.com
Thu Nov 20 20:17:18 UTC 2003


> 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
	[snip]
>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.

Well, I guess I worded my question incorrectly. :-)
I knew it could be done, but I don't know how....
I don't know what "IOW switch" means, and couldn't find anything in "man" or
"apropos"...

Don "Still a Linux newbie" Russell :-)





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