Re: [Ekiga-list] Profiles?

[Stuart D Gathman <stuart gathman org>]

On 07/17/2012 04:04 AM, Eugen Dedu expounded in part:
> On 17/07/12 02:07, Daniel von Wachter wrote:
> > Equipment: Ekiga 3.2.7; OpenSUSE 12.1 64-bit.
> >
> > How can various users use Ekiga on the same computer (in the same home
> > directory), each having different SIP accounts and contacts? Other
> > programs, e.g. Thunderbird and Gajim, allow for various profiles, e.g.
> > with “gajim -p john” and “gajim -p peter”.
>
> It is not possible with ekiga.  I think it is not worth implementing.
>
> But there is a method to achieve the same effect.  On your machine, do 
> something like that (need to be modified a bit):
>
> killall gconfd-2
> mv ~/.gconf/apps/ekiga ~/.gconf/apps/ekiga-USERNAME
> mv ~/.gconf/apps/ekiga-NEWUSERNAME ~/.gconf/apps/ekiga
> ekiga
Symlinks would be better:

setup:
mkdir ~/.gconf/apps/ekiga-USER1
mkdir ~/.gconf/apps/ekiga-USER2

switch:
killall gconfd-2
ln -sf ~/.gconf/apps/ekiga-USER1 ~/.gconf/apps/ekiga
ekiga

I still recommend separate logins.  It is not just for security - it is 
for customizing desktop: screen magnifier?  background?  volume? 
(headsets have varying gain)