From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 14:07:00 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4B2A16A417 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:07:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+QX=5145e9d0@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from turtle-out.mxes.net (turtle-out.mxes.net [216.86.168.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85B7313C455 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:07:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+QX=5145e9d0@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-04.mxes.net (mxout-04.mxes.net [216.86.168.179]) by turtle-in.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 713FA164591 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:40:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com. (unknown [87.81.140.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0140D05AF for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:40:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:39:59 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071130133959.5b353c1f@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <474FD863.2060004@gmail.com> References: <474FD863.2060004@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: looking for suggestions: multiple users on the same desktop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:07:00 -0000 On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:31:15 -0500 "Aryeh M. Friedman" wrote: > but I don't want to logout > and login back in and/or have to invoke the app from the cmd line > (i.e. xhost +; setenv DISPLAY :0; app cmd line)... I am looking for a > way to make it so I can launch apps from a desktop panel and/or icon > on the desktop and make it ask what user to run it under (or somehow > or another make it aware that not everything is to be ruin as > "aryeh") What I've done in the past is create extra categories in the KDE menu with the names of the other users, and then copy selected applications under there, and change their "Run as a different user" settings.