Re: Multiple sessions for the same user?

[Christian Kirbach <christian kirbach googlemail com>]

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:39:34 +0100, Iain Nicol <iain thenicols net> wrote:

> If I'm physically at a machine, then there's nothing to stop me ripping
> out the power cable, or holding down the shutdown button long enough to
> cause a hard shutdown.

You cannot assume this for all systems; while most home user systems entail
physical access it does not neccessarily hold true for an university or  
company
environment.
For example, at my former university I remeber computers savely locked away
from users while all directly connected peripheral was fully exposed.

> Warning users that another user is logged on is of course a good idea.
Agreed. We really want this.


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Christian Kirbach
Christian Kirbach googlemail com