> Tim Bolz wrote, >>My wife and I have have been sharing my main computer. Sometime she >>needs to use it and I get on the other computer. However this can be >>a problem. I use NXmachine to log into my box which she is on. The >>problem is if she is using firefox. I can't open it up because >>another instance of firefox is running. I would like to set her up >>with own user account but she uses kmail on my account. I know there >>is a way to set her up so she can read and write to my folder but be >>in her own directory. On occasion she has to be in windows and all >>she does is complain. She's familiar with Ubuntu and where everything >>is. My last post was about time on X. She says I spend a lot of time >>on the computer and I would like to see how much. If I make her own >>account she can make it her own look and feel. She doesn't like it >>when I change things. I think it will be easier on her too. > > I definitely recommend creating an account for her. That will cure the > Firefox problem and the not liking it when you change the settings > problem. > > I don't often use Ubuntu, but I would be surprised if there isn't a nice > friendly GUI for creating users. If you can't find it, open a terminal > window, "sudo -s", and read "man adduser".
Menu: System/"Users and Groups" It's very easy to use. [cut] > - Neil Parker I agree wholeheartedly that she should have her own login. -- Allen Brown http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ The first quality that is needed is audacity. --- Winston Churchill _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
