Re: fc2 is single user?!

[Matthew Miller <mattdm mattdm org>]

On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:09:48AM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote:
> my wife and I each log in on one's own virtual console and start X with
> "startx".  each has one's own X window session, and we can switch
> between them with C-M-f7 and C-M-f8 (obviously, we take turns using the

What about using GDM instead of 'startx'? That's what my wife and I do, and
it's incredibly trivial to set up -- edit /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf, and find
the line that says '0=Standard' and add a '1=Standard" right after.

> monitor/keyboard, but we do not need to logout to let the other use the
> computer).  I had to do some tricks to enable both of us to use
> audio/video &c: I created a group "sound", added both of us to it, and
> did "chgrp sound, chmod g+rw" for the audio devices. This worked OK
> (although each upgrade and reboot reset ownership and permissions).

To make this persistant across reboots, check out the file
/etc/security/console.perms.


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