Niall: Just set user-switching to disabled in the gconf mandatory database. Here's an example:
http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/latest/gconf-8.html -- fast user switching with ldap and autofs = bad https://launchpad.net/bugs/52874 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs