On 10/24/08, Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Firefox attaches session information to the active X display. If user A > >> starts FF then user B uses the same desktop as user A to start an SSH > >> instance of FF as user A the session data is from user B, not A. > >> > > > > A quick check shows that the 'ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED]' works OK. > > Pulled up 2 firefox windows with different bookmarks. Don't want to think > > about what would happen if you ssh to the same user. > > > > Note with ssh -X the display variable is different to the local one, > > normally something like 'DISPLAY=10.0'. > > > > Simon. > > > > Can you not just log in as a second user? I know that KDE on Ubuntu has > handy GUI buttons for this (it is called switch users but all it does is > open up more X sessions on :1 and :2 etc.). > > Even a locked session has a button for switch users, so your original > session stays as it is.
What I am doing is essentially that, but manually. -Mark C. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
