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Can separate unix accounts share a username but have separate passwords?
On unix systems, each separate user account has a unique username. Passwords, then, are not unique - every distinct user could have the same exact password.
I want to do the converse. I want one ...
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Fully seperate two accounts without installing seperate operating systems?
Our class is finally installing Mint Linux on our machines. The problem is our teacher is scared that we'll play war games against the two classes that use the computers. His solution is to install ...
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Is it a good practice to have different users for different contexts?
I'm a software developer and I have a new laptop with Ubuntu.
I plan to set up this laptop as a development workstation where I'll do my professional work (for my company) and also I'll develop some ...
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Unix command to find files read by specific user
I would like to find files accessed by specific user (even just read) within a folder tree. I thought the find command had this option, but it actually just searches for owner user. Is there any other ...
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Easiest way to manage users for two machines
I'm administrating two ubuntu desktops and one debian server.
There are abount ~20 active users on the desktops. A few (5-10) user accounts are added each year and about the same amount become ...
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One machine & two keyboard, mouse & monitors [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can one PC be used by two users at the same time via dual-monitor?
I have a machine that is running Ubuntu.
Can I have two monitors, mouses & keyboards for two ...
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Creating a public document directory for a normal user
We usually see personal web pages like http://a-site.com/~someone/, in this case, "someone" is a user of "a-site". How to enable this by default, so whenever we add a new user "foo", then ...
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Best practices for secure, separated virtualhost LAMP environment
What are the best practices for a Debian Squeeze + Grsecurity/PAX based system when multiple, and therefore insecure, websites must run on the same server? I mean how can I mitigate an attack, so that ...
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Setting a Multi-Terminal Linux Server
So Im a complete newb when it comes to enterprise level linux distros, and linux servers in general.
I know my way around Most Linux Desktops, but Im going to be setting up a small Linux Server that ...
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Multiple Users on a Desktop Environment
This is probably a REALLY stupid question.
But anyways, lets pretend we had a *nix rather powerful system...
Now Obviously I know you can set up multiple users to login to a system.......but how ...
