Good afternoon
Mi Jul 17 16:39:46 2013
Thank You for help.
> | >>> su user2
> | >>> sudo firefox
> |
> | will open open firefox in the existing X session of "user1" while
sourcing
> | user2's firfeox profile/bookmarks, etc.
>
> Yes, but only because you're now running firefox as root! Surely
> not the plan. It also tends to litter your homedir with root owned
> files ready to cause inconvenience later.
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Is this the same situation
today I am booting as user1
and
tomorrow I am booting as user2.
What kind of firefox are 1 and 2 using?
>
> | There is a way also to assume the active .Xauthority file from a
> | different login shell for a priveledged user (or something like
that). And
> | that is probably the way it should be done.
>
> Yes. I have a script somewhere to read xauth credentials from one
> file for insertion into the current user's xauth file. Not hard at
> all, but the script needs to have access, when means being root or
> the other user.
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Ok.
>
> | At least since Ubuntu 10.04, there has been a "switch user" from the
> | login/out options. It suspends the session of the active user, and
lets a
> | different user log into their own desktop environment, I think in a
> | different tty.
>
> That sounds like what Sophie wants.
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Yes.
Thank You.
Two desktops, one as user1 and
> one as user2. Nice and separate. Sharing one desktop with apps of
> multiple users is a potential security issue.
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Example:
One Firefox with private browsing
other firefox with cache.
Regards
Sophie
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