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Can I have more than one account open at once?
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Hemi425
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Apr 7, 2003, 09:39 PM
 
I have an admin account on the machine and was wondering if I could just switch between two user accounts so that I could keep my user and all the apps running and log into another at the same time instead of closing everything and starting over.
If you listen to a UNIX shell do you
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sandsl
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Apr 7, 2003, 09:53 PM
 
nope sorry not possible...this isn't windows xp
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Hemi425  (op)
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Apr 7, 2003, 10:05 PM
 
DIdn't know you could do that with XP, might have to get a copy
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moonmonkey
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Apr 7, 2003, 10:07 PM
 
Originally posted by Hemi425:
I have an admin account on the machine and was wondering if I could just switch between two user accounts so that I could keep my user and all the apps running and log into another at the same time instead of closing everything and starting over.
Not for a few months.
     
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Apr 7, 2003, 10:10 PM
 
You can be logged into multiple terminal sessions as different users, but not the GUI.
     
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Apr 8, 2003, 02:07 AM
 
Not for a few months.
I can't wait to have this! Its really anoying having to save work/logout just to let someone quickly check their email.
     
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Apr 8, 2003, 11:00 AM
 
not to be annoying but do you know any more details other than "not for a few months" or a web site, even a rumor site just something I can use to speculate further with.
     
mitchell_pgh
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Apr 8, 2003, 03:14 PM
 
I consider myself a rumor-munger and I haven't heard that a multi-user GUI would be in Panther. I hope it is true, but I don't think it will be.

I guess there really isn't any reason why you couldn't do it... Apple just has to implement it.
     
King Bob On The Cob
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Apr 8, 2003, 04:27 PM
 
I think that You could do it if you open a terminal login as someone else and launch the a second finder as that person... just speculating though...
     
   
 
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