Disable CTRL-ALT-BCKSPC so you can't do that. Password protect your screen saver. Then have her CTRL-ALT F2 or F3, start a new session. Now you are both on with separate sessions. No? Marsh wrote: > > Hello, Im currently using mandrake 6 with a lot of cooker upgrades, and it > works very well. Ive got my sister and parents to use it to, with their own > accounts. > > The problem is that my sister and I are rather territorial, and our accounts on > this box are no exception. When she gets on, i log out first, and let her > logon from the xdm screen. Of course, this means i have to kill all my > programs and downloads. Also, if she walks away, and I want to get on, my only > option is to ctrl-alt-backspace and dump me back to the xdm login. > > Id like to have multiple active sessions in X. Something where i could suspend > my desktop (with the programs still running under it) and let someone else > logon. Like, the screensaver passwd box would let you log back on to your > desktop, or login as a different user. So, that way i could just lock my > screen, and let her logon, and when she is done, i could get back to my > desktop. > > Anyways.. just an idea. I think it would be really useful for some people, and > hope someone tries experimenting with this. > > Jason