Running gui apps as other user

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 17:51:35 -0400
Todd Slater <dontodd at columbus.rr.com> wrote:

> My wife and I share a machine and sometimes one of us wants to run an
> app without logging the other person out. Normally we'd do "su - user"
> and type the command to run the app, but Ubuntu (Hoary) doesn't let
> us; we always get the error "cannot open display".
> 
> I read something about xhost +127.0.0.1 but I did this and got the
> same error.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Todd
> 
GDM flexiserver or GDM flexiserver in Xnest and login the other user. 
Doing <alt><control><F7> will take you back to the first user, 
<alt><control><F8> will take you to the second user.  You may fill the
remaining <F<number>> up to 12 and alternate between them.

HTH

Cybe R. Wizard
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