[GRLUG] multiple login on Mac

[Bob Kline]

Multiple display cards?  Is there
any real reason to do this?  i.e.,
don't you then just start to stress
the CPU?

    -- Bob


On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Roger Roelofs <roger.roelofs at gmail.com>wrote:

> Eric,
>
> Mac graphical remote control is based on VNC.  You can use your
> account as a login credential to the VNC server.  Doing that doesn't
> create a separate graphical session.  You can log out of one graphical
> 'session' and log in as another user, but there is only one 'display
> context' so you can't have two users using the 'display' at the same
> time.
>
> 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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