From kde-bugs-dist  Tue Jun 29 23:10:58 1999
From: Harri Porten <porten () tu-harburg ! de>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 23:10:58 +0000
To: kde-bugs-dist
Subject: Bug#1491: No multiple users
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-bugs-dist&m=93083399809557

Roland Nagtegaal wrote:
> 
> BUG: When they do this, at all but one computer suddenly the buttons, menus etc.
> of KDE
> will work anymore. You can still execute commands from a shell, or have
> wordperfect 8 open a
> new window, but you can no longer launch any new KDE application from the menus
> or bar.

I guess that this is kfm refusing to run in several instances.

> I would say this is a race condition: the first user logs in as trainee, and
> then opens some critical
> files in his or hers .kde/ directory, and when the second logs in, this critical
> file is already open
> and therefore nothing works anymore.
> 
> This is a real showstopper, because I really cannot give all these trainees
> different accounts.

Why not ? Wouldn't this be the safest solution ? Other apps like
Netscape won't like this situation either.

Harri.