user-switching behavior question

[Clay Weber]

On Monday, October 25, 2010 01:14:05 pm Tom Bell wrote:
> On 10/25/2010 6:38 AM, Paul Kaplan wrote:
> > On Monday, October 25, 2010 02:00:30 am Tom Bell wrote:
> >> 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
> > 
> > It's not that I'm looking to find out who's logged in.  Rather that I'm
> > trying to build a multi-user machine for the family that wakes from a
> > sleep state to allow for selection of any user account and after a user
> > walks away from the machine without logging out, returns to that screen.
> >  It would be nice to allow multiple concurrent logins (although not
> > specifically multiple concurrent users)...maybe a GUI to automate
> > ALT+CTRL+F7/F8/F9
> > functionality and that enforces passwords during the switch.
> > 
> > Maybe an alternative solution is to find a way to force logout after a
> > certain amount of non-use.  Is that possible?
> > Paul
> 
> You might try System Settings --> Power Management --> General
> Settings--> Settings and Profile
> and click (tick) "Lock screen on resume".  That should request the
> password or logout of current user.
> Since I have not done it myself (single-user) I have no idea exactly how
> it works.
> Good luck!
> 
> Tom--
> 
You can also set the screensaver to require a password after x amount of time. 
The password dialog does provide the option of switching to a different user, 
but I don't see a way  to have a choice of users presented to you


clay