user-switching behavior question

[Tom Bell]

On 10/24/2010 9:06 AM, Paul Kaplan wrote:
> One feature of a multi-user Windows system that I like is that when the
> screen-saver kicks in after a few minutes and a user goes to wake up the
> system, they are presented with a list of users on the machine and can then
> login to any account they choose.  I find this useful on a family machine where
> noone remembers to logout but everyone wants to keep their userspace hidden
> from other users.
>
> Perhaps I'm not understanding quite how the user-switching applet in kubuntu
> works, but it looks like a user has to activiate it to get the system to lock
> the current user account and present with new login screen.
>
> Is it possible to emulate the Windows configuration?
>
> Paul
>
Any time you want open a terminal and type 'who' and it will list 
everyone who is logged on
and what terminal they are logged in on.
You don't have to wait for the screen saver to kick in.
Good luck!

Tom

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