How to run multiple instances of same program !

noony123 · 02-23-2011, 06:19 AM

Hi all.

In windows xp, i created another user account. Now i can run a second instance of any program by right clicking on it and selecting Run as. Is such a thing possible in linux (centos or ubuntu) in graphical environment ?

Snark1994 · 02-23-2011, 06:29 AM

Well, many programmes will allow you to run more than one instance of them at a time, regardless. If you're specifically after running it as another user, you can open a terminal and type

Code:

su user

which will allow you to log into user's account, from which you can run the programme

eSelix · 02-23-2011, 08:35 AM

Or graphical frontend for su/sudo. If you use KDE you can do it with:

Code:

kdesudo -u user_name program_name

There is also kdesu, and for Gnome: gksu and gksudo. You can also try some service menu. I think there are many such utilities.

chrism01 · 02-23-2011, 08:03 PM

Actually

Code:

# This logs you in as user WITH their env
su - user

# This logs you in as user WITHOUT their env; you keep your own env
su user

Snark1994 · 02-24-2011, 10:56 AM

Thanks for that Chris; having seen both, I'd always wondered what the difference was...