dantastic Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Hi all, I'm looking for a Linux feature, nested login. As in log on to the same machine again in a window of the current user. This feature is standard in Linux and I believe that one should be able to do it on OSX as well. I have tried screen sharing but I get an error message saying I can't log on to the computer I'm already on. but that is essentially what I'm after. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99030-nested-login-in-osx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackoverfull Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 you can't do this by default. i remember to have used vnc to do a similar thing… Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99030-nested-login-in-osx/#findComment-708845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPirate Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 just wondering... why? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99030-nested-login-in-osx/#findComment-710326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 just use spaces and tabbed terminal.. what's the point of nesting 2 sessions of the SAME account? even in linux if you use some apps that don't like this nasty nesting you'll get bad results, even multiple X sessions do not work well Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99030-nested-login-in-osx/#findComment-710394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackoverfull Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 you're right: you can't (graphically) login multiple times with the same account, i only did that thing with vnc using two different accounts. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99030-nested-login-in-osx/#findComment-711103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 you can, howevwr, enable fast user switch in accounts preferences, so you can graphically login with different accounts you can even login in console mode only, if you want... just type without quotes: ">console" and no password at login window Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99030-nested-login-in-osx/#findComment-712179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackoverfull Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 sure. i often do that. but some times it's useful to have a nested login... i'm not sure that >console is still working on leopard… Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99030-nested-login-in-osx/#findComment-712500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Software Updater Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 >console does still work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99030-nested-login-in-osx/#findComment-719313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackoverfull Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 great. Havent used it recently. Well, never used it really, beside of quick tries, anyway. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99030-nested-login-in-osx/#findComment-720108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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