Multiple logon
Ow Mun Heng
ow.mun.heng at wdc.com
Fri Nov 21 01:34:03 UTC 2003
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Diehl [mailto:tdiehl at rogueind.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 3:42 AM
> To: Fedora-List
> Subject: Re: Multiple logon
>
>
> 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
>
> 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.
On the other hand.. If you wanted another login using X. Then There's an
option for "New Login". This is in RH9 under Gnome->System Tools->New Login
HTH.
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