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[Discuss] can one safely login multiple times to the same user on a modern Linux desktop?



On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Sep 2012 15:29:11 +0000
> "Edward Ned Harvey (blu)" <blu at nedharvey.com> wrote:
> .....
>
> Personally? I think this is all barking up the wrong tree. Walking away
> from a workstation and "forgetting" to log out is a bad practice. Don't
> cater to it.
>

I think a similar argument could be made about screen locking.    Users
should just be "educated" to log out every time they
go to the bathroom.

I am considering education as an option in one of my use cases; but I have
many other things that I'm trying to teach my 8 year old that are a higher
priority.

Bill Bogstad



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