[e-users] Switching Currently Active User without Logging Out

2011-09-11 Thread Jeff Hoogland
Is there a simple way to switch users on E? AKA one user could lock their session and walk away from the computer and someone else could login and user their own user account. -- ~Jeff Hoogland http://jeffhoogland.com/ Thoughts on Technology http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/, Tech Blog Bodhi

Re: [e-users] Switching Currently Active User without Logging Out

2011-09-11 Thread The Rasterman
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:38:16 -0500 Jeff Hoogland jeffhoogl...@linux.com said: Is there a simple way to switch users on E? AKA one user could lock their session and walk away from the computer and someone else could login and user their own user account. no - none. no plans to add it. --

Re: [e-users] Switching Currently Active User without Logging Out

2011-09-11 Thread Jeff Hoogland
Just feel it isn't needed or more to it than that? On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Carsten Haitzler ras...@rasterman.comwrote: On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:38:16 -0500 Jeff Hoogland jeffhoogl...@linux.com said: Is there a simple way to switch users on E? AKA one user could lock their session

Re: [e-users] Switching Currently Active User without Logging Out

2011-09-11 Thread Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Jeff Hoogland jeffhoogl...@linux.com wrote: Just feel it isn't needed or more to it than that? It is low priority and really not an issue with the window manager, more like the login manager. With E we could just add an action and call it from desklock, menu or

Re: [e-users] Switching Currently Active User without Logging Out

2011-09-11 Thread The Rasterman
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:47:31 -0500 Jeff Hoogland jeffhoogl...@linux.com said: 1. little used feature 2. any extra login requires either it be done via the login manager OR via some sub-process that e runs that have root privs that can auth the new user ANd switch to them securely. 3. even if you