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edm
Asked: 2012-03-09 02:35:10 +0800 CST

How can I invoke a user switch from the command line?

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In 11.10 I used 'gdmflexiserver -xnest' to switch users without logging out however I think gdm has now been completely removed.

I'm trying to bind a keyboard shortcut to do the equivalent of 'Me Menu>Switch User Account...'.

How can I invoke a user switch in 12.04?

command-line session 12.04 unity-greeter switch-user

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    gdmflexiserver as a legacy option to provide the greeter switcher service during the transition between GDM and LightDM.

    This has now been dropped from 12.04.

    The replacement command is:

    dm-tool switch-to-greeter

    Other useful dm-tool options (dm-tool --help):

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  2. You can have several users logged in at the same time and switch between them with alt+ctrl+F1-8. That doesn't allow you to have another x server in a window. By the way; GDM has not been removed. It's just not used by default. You can easily install it: http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/gdm.

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