Re: change of user without close the session

kyu wrote:
> Hulin Thibaud wrote:
> > I'd like if it's possible to change of user without close a session. 
> > It's easy with gnome or kde, but I didn't see this fonction in fluxbox 
> > menu. Must I use two X session ?
> The X server and flux are running under the user it was started with, 
> the only way I know to change this is to end the process, and start a 
> new one as the other user.

You can use the commandline tool "su" if you only need to run shell
commands as the new user.

The wrapper "sux" will apparently (I've never used it myself) do the
necessary magic with X authorities to allow the new user to run X
programs in the same X session.

http://fgouget.free.fr/sux/sux-readme.shtml

Glyn

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