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Bug 606923 - [patch] Add SwitchToUser() D-Bus call to either switch to already open session or activate greeter entry for user
[patch] Add SwitchToUser() D-Bus call to either switch to already open sessio...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.29.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-01-14 02:33 UTC by Robert Ancell
Modified: 2013-11-18 15:14 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Attachments
Adds SwitchToUser() D-Bus method (27.90 KB, patch)
2010-01-14 02:33 UTC, Robert Ancell 		none Details | Review

Description Robert Ancell 2010-01-14 02:33:07 UTC 
Created attachment 151372 [details] [review]
Adds SwitchToUser() D-Bus method

Use case:
A logged in user may want to switch to another user account.  They select the user to switch to and either:
a) They are switched to that users session if it is already open (and enter password to unlock xscreensaver)
b) The go to the GDM greeter with that user already selected and then enter the users password to start a new session

Attached patch provides this behaviour through a SwitchToUser() D-Bus method.
Comment 1 Christian Lohmaier 2010-09-04 01:31:42 UTC 
:-( No statement by devs for more than half a year?

Please get some progress into this, fast-user-switch-applet was great and very useful, the new gdm replacement is a crippled joke. And then people keep complaining about distros not upstreaming their stuff. Yeah, sure.

It would be less frustrating if there would be an explanation on why working solutions are reinvented in a inferior way/why the patch is not suitable or whatever.
Comment 2 Ray Strode [halfline] 2013-11-18 15:14:38 UTC 
I'm not opposed to this sort of patch in principal. We don't need it in GNOME at the moment.  The actual patch is obsolete now, it would need changes in gnome-shell and gdm to work I believe.

Of course, it would also need a good commit message explaining the rationale for the change.

I'm going to close this bug OBSOLETE, but if there's still interest in this issue, and someone wants to work on updates patches, we can reopen it.