On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 13:09 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
William L. Maltby wrote:
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 17:23 +0300, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
OS: CentOS 5.0 x86.
Q1: Is it possible different users to have different
language interfaces
(menus etc) on the same machine under X.Org (GNOME or KDE)?<snip>
Q2: Is it possible to have more than one X.Org sessions
running on the
same machine, so as different users to log in at thesame time, and
switch between users X.Org sessions (one using GNOME,other using
XFCE) by using the usual Ctrl-Alt-Fx keys?
<soapbox> It may be redundant, but please be *aware* of the security implications of what you are seeking. "The law of unintended consequences" will certainly come into play if you are truly multi-user. Effects in social interactions, swap usage, system responsiveness can all be expected. You can expect to be asked to do an excessive numbers of restores of backup at a specific point in time (which you won't have) as user A destroys user B's stuff, by intent or accident.
</soapbox>
Hogwash, while yes you will definitely need more resources as far as hard disk, memory and network there is no need to worry about user X overwritting user Y's data. Hell Unix and it's variants had been successfully doing multi-user X sessions for years before even Windows 95 was a glint in Bill's eyes.
Did you miss the part where OP said on local console using <Ctl>- <ALT> ...? Or did I imagine it?
If I remember correctly, then your hogwash would seem inappropriate, since any casual user can switch to another's session. If the lock is not set (x lock?), no password would be needed.
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-- Bill