Switching to another user with automatic locking

[Paul Smith]

On 4/24/07, Nikolas Arend <Nikolas.Arend at gmx.net> wrote:
> >>>> Is there some way of switching to another user with automatic locking
> >>>> of the screen of the first user, i.e., likewise KDE?
> >>>>
> >>> Doesn't the gnome-screensaver have such a feature?  Lock screen, and
> >>> then you can log in as another user.
> >>>
> >> You can use xscreensaver together with gdm, i.e. gdmflexiserver.
> >> xscreensaver has this switch users functionality (must be compiled in,
> >> but usually it is), which calls gdmflexiserver. When the screen is
> >> locked via "xscreensaver-command -lock", the xscreensaver login gui
> >> provides you with a "New Login" button which in turn brings you to a new
> >> gdm login screen.
> >>
> >
> > Thanks, Mike and Nick. "xscreensaver-command -lock" only locks the
> > screen, unfortunately. (I am using here Fedora Core 6.) How can I
> > install gnome-screensaver?
> >
>
> Do you use gdm as display manager?

How can I know that?

Paul