On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 9:35 AM, David Looney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there any way to set up login so that multiple username/password
> pairs can be used to log into the same account (preferably from gdm) ?
>
> The alternative seems to be to duplicate the same home directory/user
> settings for each user, but this seems quite wasteful when your talking
> many users.
A few random thoughts:
Things to ponder before saying "Yes, just give them all the same home
directory, owned by a group to which they all belong."
Do you intend that more than one of these multiple users will be
logged in at the same time? What happens if two or more of them are
modifying the same file?
Besides the simultaneous login problem, there are also accountability
issues. Who becomes responsible for changes that are made?
Could you solve this by symbolic links to a directory that holds the
common information?
carl
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