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10.4: Use multiple simulataneous GUI accounts
Authored by: Auricchio on Aug 15, '05 12:24:25PM

Since each instance of a program is a separate process, there should be no problem with system calls. Thus, if both users run, say, Photoshop, each one will be separate.

Of greater importance is whether the program assumes only one user at a time. Photoshop Elements 2, for example, assumes it can store temporary image data in its Application directory! This means that two users doing the same operation will have their data collide. Not good, and it's a just basic programming error.

Some System Preferences might also collide, because they operate across account boundaries.

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