On 02/28/2018 12:32 AM, Marc Shapiro wrote:
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There are three users on my system. Myself, my wife and my daughter.
When the system is booted we each log on and run startx. I log onfrom
tty1, my wife and daughter are on tty2 and tty3. All it takes to switch
from one login to another is ctl-alt-f1, ctl-alt-f2, or ctl-alt-f3. The
switch is instantaneous. Just remember -- they are separate logins. You
can not copy and paste from one to another.
Marc
alias startx='clear; startx -- :0'
Interesting.
It does not match my mental image that prompted this thread. That is
better matched by the concept of desktops from fvwm.
However, it would solve a problem that I had assumed had to be endured.
I frequently have a workflow needing root access for which I don't find
"su" convenient causing me to logout as 'richard' and login as 'root'
and back again.
Taking [ alias startx='clear; startx -- :0' ] as a hint I looked for a
man page for "alias". There wasn't one available locally. I searched
<https://manpages.debian.org/> and found only a page written in Chinese.
What did you do immediately after installation to set this up?
What should I be reading?
[If it makes a difference, I use Stretch including systemd.]
TIA
