Good afternoon Mi Jul 17 16:39:46 2013 Thank You for help.
> | >>> su user2 > | >>> sudo firefox > | > | will open open firefox in the existing X session of "user1" while sourcing > | user2's firfeox profile/bookmarks, etc. > > Yes, but only because you're now running firefox as root! Surely > not the plan. It also tends to litter your homedir with root owned > files ready to cause inconvenience later. * Is this the same situation today I am booting as user1 and tomorrow I am booting as user2. What kind of firefox are 1 and 2 using? > > | There is a way also to assume the active .Xauthority file from a > | different login shell for a priveledged user (or something like that). And > | that is probably the way it should be done. > > Yes. I have a script somewhere to read xauth credentials from one > file for insertion into the current user's xauth file. Not hard at > all, but the script needs to have access, when means being root or > the other user. * Ok. > > | At least since Ubuntu 10.04, there has been a "switch user" from the > | login/out options. It suspends the session of the active user, and lets a > | different user log into their own desktop environment, I think in a > | different tty. > > That sounds like what Sophie wants. * Yes. Thank You. Two desktops, one as user1 and > one as user2. Nice and separate. Sharing one desktop with apps of > multiple users is a potential security issue. * Example: One Firefox with private browsing other firefox with cache. Regards Sophie ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
