Setting up multiple simultaneous sessions

[Scott van Looy]

Today Simon Slater did spake thusly:

> 	Now GDM is configured properly (thanks again Mike), I would like to set
> up this FC6 box to allow 5 users (the kids) to login concurrently as
> different sessions and switch to their session for as long or, more to
> the point, as little as they need.
>
> 	Two possibilities that I have considered is using the Lock Screen and
> Switch user in KDE, so that they can select their session from the gui
> menu.  Alternately, can fixed login session be assigned to one of the
> F1-F5 keys for each user and one other for me to access as a console if
> required, rather than the default F7, with F1-F6 as consoles?  If so how
> can this be done?
>
> 	Also, can a new session be started from within Gnome as it can from
> within KDE?
>
> 	All your comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Simon Slater

IIRC this will be the default behaviour in Fedora 7, but not easily doable 
in 6 at the moment, someone will be along soon who knows for sure ;)

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