[ConsoleKit] The future of CK

[Lennart Poettering]

On Wed, 04.05.11 01:19, Leen Besselink (consolekit at consolejunkie.net) wrote:

> >> Hello Lennart/list,
> >>
> >> Does this also try to solve the problem people are having with
> >> fast-user-switching, linux-does-not-have-a-revoke-system-call and
> >> whatever else is related ?
> > As Kay already said, this will not magically add the revoke() syscall to
> > the kernel. Not sure though what you mean by problem with FUS?
> >
> > Lennart
> >
> My guess is, it is the same problem. Because of revoke () is missing,
> when you choose to do FUS things start to break.
> 
> For example, you can choose shutdown from the panel, but all it does it
> logout (even if it is the last logged in user).
> 
> I think if after the last logged out user has logged out, one logs back in,
> you still can't choose shutdown from the panel.
> 
> (you probably want to know: this is on Ubuntu)

That sounds like a bug in unity, not in CK and this is nothing that will
be fixed with systemd (in particular because our Ubuntu friends are
currently not citizens of the fabulous systemdland).

Lennart

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