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session management is the process of keeping track of a user's activity across sessions of interaction with the computer system

session management is the process of keeping track of a user's activity across sessions of interaction with the computer system.

Typical session management tasks in a desktop environment might include keeping track of which applications are open and which documents each application has opened, so that the same state can be restored when the user logs out and logs in later.

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Open another terminal window with the same SSH session as original window

Is there a way to open a terminal window ( or tab ) with another instance of an open SSH session ? EDIT: I have a terminal window with a remote ssh session into a server. I want to open a new tab connected to the same remote ssh session. With…
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how to execute a command after resume from suspend?

I've got a script that is executed in order to have suspending/resuming working in my laptop. Then I have another series of xinput,xkbset and xmodmap commands that are executed when I initiate a session to have two-finger scrolling and keyboard…
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How do I get the list of the active login sessions?

Nov 9 17:55:46 swi007 systemd-logind[927]: New session 27 of user swi007. I want to see the list of active login session in ubuntu server and would like to close the specific session in my server.
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Is it possible to put a GUI to more than just TTY7?

My question is pretty much the title. I often use TTYs for handling different matters in parallel. This could be for instance: something local on TTY1 per SSH on ServerA on TTY2 per SSH on ServerB on TTY3 network surveillance on TTY4 desktop GUI on…
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What is "Unlock keyring" and how do I get rid of it?

(In my case this message never appeared before installing Ubuntu One - see this question). Can I use Ubuntu One and avoid being prompted each time like this? I use Lubuntu 12.04. Edit: After exchanging comments I add the supplementary info: I am…
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Change terminal colour based on SSH session

Is it possible to automatically change the color of the terminal based on which server I am connected to through SSH? For instance, when I fire up the terminal it has the standard colors defined under my profile. Then I ssh to ssh.example.com and…
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What causes Nautilus to restart whenever I kill it?

In htop, I kill Nautilus, and within one second, it's back, with a new PID! The restarted Nautilus shows in the Processes list, but has no GUI until I manually launch Nautilus... I've heard mention of Nautilus works in lockstep with the…
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How to run two X sessions at the same time?

I would like to run two X server instances at the same time. One would be an interactive session using the mouse and keyboard attached to the computer. The other would be a 'virtual' session that I could then connect to and use over a network. In…
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How to run multiple user X sessions on the same computer, at the same time?

I want to have more than one user logged on at the same time, on the same computer. Each user should have a full X session. It is easy enough to log in to multiple concurrent non-X Linux terminals, but I want the X factor. Maybe I've missed…
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How to kill a byobu session?

byobu allows users to create multiple sessions. Once there are multiple sessions, how to kill an entire session? If there is a session foo with 3 windows and bar with 4 windows, to kill session foo, user have to run CTRL+F6 three times in each…
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How to run 2 X sessions with different display managers?

I read about the virtual terminals a little and that gave me an idea. I searched for a way to have two X sessions simultaneously. I had a look at these sites : 1. How to run multiple user X sessions on the same computer, at the same time? 2. How to…
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Save session settings in KDE environment without shutting down

When Kubuntu is shut down, the session settings are saved: Programs which were opened, plasma settings, etc. When restarted these settings are restored. e.g. the programs which were open, are opened automatically. But if the computer is shut down…
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How can I invoke a user switch from the command line?

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…
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How to prevent auto-pausing processes in an inactive user session?

For a while now when I switch between two user sessions the inactive one in some cases will stop executing GUI processes. This way I'm forced waiting for another session to load and can't do something in another one, because if I switch and return…
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How do I get kate to restore last used session?

I have two computers and both have exactly the same behavior. I have the option "load last used session" selected, but every time, Kate starts a new session. What could be causing this? Here are the permissions of…
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