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I made a separate account for my grandpa that doesn't ask for a password to login. When he logs in, it starts thunderbird automatically so he can log into his email. He has to manually switch accounts, but I can't think of/find a way to automate that.

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Hey everyone,

    I'm setting up Linux Mint for my grandparents. Since there is no AOL client, I installed thunderbird. The problem is, when I start it up, it prompts them for both of their passwords. Is there a way to separate the accounts or choose whic one to log into?

 

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Hey everyone,

    I'm setting up Linux Mint for my grandparents. Since there is no AOL client, I installed thunderbird. The problem is, when I start it up, it prompts them for both of their passwords. Is there a way to separate the accounts or choose whic one to log into?

 

Could just have two user accounts on the system? Or install 2 Separate instances of Thunderbird, don't know if you can do it with Thunderbird though.

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Could just have two user accounts on the system? Or install 2 Separate instances of Thunderbird, don't know if you can do it with Thunderbird though.

I don't know how to install multiple instances of a program on linux. I would prefer to do that over making separate user accounts (so they don't need to switch accounts), but I can do either.

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I made a separate account for my grandpa that doesn't ask for a password to login. When he logs in, it starts thunderbird automatically so he can log into his email. He has to manually switch accounts, but I can't think of/find a way to automate that.

[spoiler=My Current PC]AMD FX-8320 @ 4.2 Ghz | Xigmatek Dark Knight Night Hawk II | Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 | 8GB Adata XPG V2 Silver 1600 Mhz RAM | Gigabyte 3X Windforce GTX 770 4GB @ 1.27 Ghz/7.25 Ghz | Rosewill Hive 550W Bronze PSU | Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 | Samsung Evo 250 GB SSD | Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD | ASUS VS239H-P | Razer Deathadder 2013 | Partlist

 

LTT Build-Off Thread: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/35226-the-ltt-build-off-thread-no-building-required/

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