Another reason to prefer a real root over sudo

[John Hubbard]

Lou Katz wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 07:22:04PM +0100, Mario Vukelic wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 17:06 +0000, Chris G wrote:
>>     
>>> ... and then you end up with all sorts of convoluted X authentication
>>> errors.
>>>       
>> Not when you use the Ubuntu-provided ways (or know what you are doing if
>> you don't): if you use 8.10, you should have the fast-user-switch applet
>> on the top toolbar by default (labeled "Users". In older Ubuntu
>> versions, go to system -> shut down. You should have a "switch user"
>> button in the menu that this brings up.
>>     
>
> I don't think this works if you are not running gnome. I am using xfce.
>   
My system was originally an ubuntu 8.04-server and I installed 
xubuntu-desktop and it allowed me to switch users without problems. 
After two users are logged in ctrl + alt +f7/f8 switches back and forth 
between the two accounts. Even if you are running xfce I think that it 
still uses the gnome desktop manager (gdm) but I might be wrong on that.


-- 
-john

To be or not to be, that is the question
                2b || !2b
(0b10)*(0b1100010) || !(0b10)*(0b1100010)
        0b11000100 || !0b11000100
        0b11000100 || 0b00111011
               0b11111111
        255, that is the answer.