[GRLUG] multiple login on Mac

[Bob Kline]

Historically, Unix systems were inherently multi-user
from the getgo.  When AT&T finally did get around
to selling the OS, there were various versions
of the login routine however, depending on
what you wanted to pay:  single user, say
4 or 16 users, or unlimited. Unix was essentially
emasculated in order for AT&T to make more
money, and then they'd sell you the functionality
they stripped out of the original code - no new
features were added.  The code differences all
came down to the the version of the login program.

Having origins in BSD, Mac's Unix can
certainly support multiple users in principle,
but I have no idea how Apple has set up
the pricing and availability.

An aside, caller-id existed in the original
5ESS switches.  Being illegal to sell at the
time, the function was simply blocked.
When it became legal to sell caller-id, you
would then pay $7.50 to $10 a month or
more for the BOCs to unblock the signal
to your phone.  Call it pure profit. Obviously
the switch always knew who you were for
billing purposes, so no major new code was
ever needed to provide caller-id.

I suspect the world is full of examples of
vendors making a virtue of necessary, and
charging you accordingly.

   -- Bob



On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Eric Beversluis <
ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:

> As I recall, *nix systems are supposed to be able to support multiple
> logins. I thought this meant multiple users would get their own session.
> So I'm wondering if anyone knows if this can be done on Mac and if so,
> how.
>
> I can get remote access/remote management from my Linux box to my wife's
> Mac, but it puts me into the same session as she's in, even tho I'm
> logged in as myself. Is there some way to do remote desktop to her Mac
> and get a second different session for myself?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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