[TriLUG] Multiple Evolution Users
Jon Carnes
jonc at nc.rr.com
Thu Aug 5 18:14:08 EDT 2004
On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 09:59, bp wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Jeff Tickle wrote:
>
> > The solution I've come up with is to have the one "tickle" account, and
> > then a "ron" and "jeanne" that they never have to see. Then, when you
> > run Evolution, it would somehow su to that user, and ask for a
> > password. Once that pasword has been entered, it remembers the password
> > for their individual emails and everyone's happy.
> >
> > The problem I'm having is the su-ing to the other account. I emerged
> > sux and set the evolutions to run in terminal. This works... but I'd
>
> Any chance of configuring sudo for nopasswd required to execute evolution
> for each user id? I'd try my luck with man sudo.
>
> Just a guess. Good luck.
Setup the default account as Ron's and then setup the user jeanne with
no password. This will let Ron do:
su - jeanne
without a password prompt...
Then write a script:
su - jeanne
evolution
exit
Save the file as EvJeanne.sh and make it executable by anyone:
chmod a+x EvJeanne.sh
That's it. Except you want to create an icon on the desktop that now
points to the script:
(for Gnome...)
Right click on the desktop and choose "New Launcher"
Name: Jeanne's Email
Command: (browse to the EvJeanne.sh file)
Click on the Icon button and choose a pretty icon.
Done.
Good Luck
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