[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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