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Run applications as another user without switching
Authored by: e1en0r on May 22, '04 01:17:35PM

it's also interesting to note that if you have shapeshifter running, the appearance is not shape-shifted for the non-logged in user. i don't have shapeshifter running as the other user. i wonder what would happen if i did. i wonder if it would use it?

i tried this with safari (using su, not sudo) and safari is now in my dock twice. when i downloaded a disk image from the non-logged in user's safari it downloaded to the non-logged in user's desktop. however when i launched the finder as the non-logged in user it then appeared on my desktop. when i ctrl-c'd the finder it disappeared from the desktop. also, i was able to click on the dmg file on my desktop, which then switched to the non-logged in user's finder, and then i hit command-n to open a finder window, and i saw that the disk image was mounted as that non-logged in user. i was only allowed to click on the dmg file on the desktop once though. after that it acted as though it was invisible. however since i had the finder window open i just deleted it from there. also, quitting the non-logged in safari using command-q worked just as well as ctrl-c.



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