18.04 = circular login problem on system freeze

[Wade Smart]

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Linux since June 2005


On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 8:13 PM, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
> If this...
>
> sudo -u username dbus-launch gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock show-apps-at-top false
>
> ...shouldn't work, this...
>
> HOME_BAK=$HOME
> HOME="/home/username"
> sudo -u username gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock show-apps-at-top false
> HOME=$HOME_BAK
>
> ...should work.


On the second one (the first did not work as you thought),

If Im in account Wade and Im typing this in the terminal for say Dan - Dan the
account which is not accessible..

wade at home:~$ HOME_BAK=$HOME
wade at home:~$ HOME="/home/dan"
wade at home:~$ sudo -u dan ....
wade at home:~$ HOME=$HOME_BAK

correct?