True multiuser?
True multiuser?
- Subject: True multiuser?
- From: Peter Åstrand <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:42:59 +0100 (CET)
We all know that OS X isn't capable of true multiuser yet: It's not
possible for several users to interact, at the same time, with
applications running on an OS X system. There are no third-party addons
that can fix this: There is no "Citrix Metaframe for OS X" or "OS X
terminal server" available. Lots of people hoped for Panther and/or "Apple
Remote Desktop" to solve this problem, but it didn't, and people was
disappointed. A "-NXHost" option was available in NeXTStep, but doesn't
work anymore (why?).
So, true multiuser is impossible, but *how* impossible? Ideally, I want to
be able to use old Xterminals to connect to a OS X machine. This could be
achived by letting the WindowServer communicate with an Xserver instead of
a graphics card. The WindowServer + graphics driver would be an X11 client
in this case.
Also, as I understand it, there has to be one WindowServer process per
user. How much impossible is this? I've noticed that there is no DISPLAY
variable any longer. Is WindowServer using a fixed mach messaging port, or
would it be possible to have several WindowServers on different ports?
--
/Peter Estrand <email@hidden>
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