On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 10:18 AM, highskywhy@yahoo.de
<highskywhy@yahoo.de> wrote:
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> Good afternoon
> Mi Jul 17 16:39:46 2013
> Thank You for help.
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> > | >>> su user2
> > | >>> sudo firefox
> > |
> > | will open open firefox in the existing X session of "user1" while
> sourcing
> > | user2's firfeox profile/bookmarks, etc.
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> > 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.
That is a different situation than the one described above.
> What kind of firefox are 1 and 2 using?
They are using the same version of firefox, but with their own
bookmarks, history, cookies, homepage, login, etc.
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> > | 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.
> *
> Yes.
> Thank You.
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Glad you found a solution you like!
Best, ~Chris
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