On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 22:33:31 -0500 Jeff Hoogland <jeffhoogl...@linux.com> said:
> Are there ever any plans to add user switching to E in a future release? > This was shot down when I brought it up during E17 times, but we've come a > long way since then. > > It is a pretty standard feature all the major desktops have. no plans at all. also without using xephyr it'd be entirely insecure. you'd share the same root window etc. etc. ... with xephyr you'd have software only compositing for the guest users, also need to write the auth and session launch code for thge guest as a setuid root binary. i'd rather this just be part of entrance since it already does that. the only thing that'd be good is some integration to switch back to entrance after having been logged in, and then entrance needs to retain a login gui (or rebuild one on a switch) and handle running multiple xservers and sessions etc. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available. Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
