Am Dienstag,  4. M�rz 2003, 11:36:14 Uhr MET, schrieb Steffen Barszus:
> I don't know if there is anything like this. But for sure it is not possible 
> to use things like xv or OpenGL on remote workstations. For this you have to 
> sit on the very same machine.

Who said that? glx can use a remote display, I'm not sure about xv,
but I guess that's similar.
 
> But taken two steps lower is interesting enough. Didn't the gdm
> provides this "fast user switching" ? Could this be triggered by a
> card-reader and the right card. At least it seems interesting enough
> to keep this in mind for 9.2 doesn't it ? Another idea for
> authentification would be an usb-memory-stick.

Sure, that would be a nice idea. Are those smard card readers
supported by Linux? I see those Fujitsu Siemens boxes with card
readers everywhere.
 
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