Scott Everard wrote: > without the first user having to log off. This would allow all applications > on the workstation to remain open and the second user could take over for > he first without the interruption of the logout/login process, but > would keep audits correct.
Audit would be WRONG. If the second human is now at the keyboard and mouse actions should be audited as them not the original human that logged in. > I've used the 'pcred' command to change the > first users processes to the second. It works like a champ, but > CDE seems to have problems with this. If the workstation is then > locked, the original username is displayed and neither the first > or second user password unlocks the workstation. I'm surprised you got that far. > Anyone have any ideas? Has this been done before? What are you really trying to do here ? Why is it necessary to not have to log out ? Why is it necessary to switch the uid/gid of existing processes ? BTW what you have done is completely unsupportable and I'm surprised the only issue you saw was in the screen unlock working correctly (but not as you had hoped). -- Darren J Moffat
