[systemd-devel] Make X11 logind session unconditionally active

[Ivan Shapovalov]

On Tuesday 05 November 2013 at 11:33:31, Lennart wrote:
> On Tue, 05.11.13 14:24, Ivan Shapovalov (intelfx100 at gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > > So you want something like a "hybrid" session, i.e. one that is virtual
> > > but has access to local devices? That's a special setup that is not
> > > supported by logind itself. However note that you can express any
> > > policies you like with polkit, hence you can configure it to grant
> > > access to the devices to your user even if he is not logged into a
> > > physical session. But that's something you have to do unrelated to
> > > logind.
> > > 
> > > Lennart
> > > 
> > 
> > Yes, I want something like that...
> > Is it not supported _yet_ or _by design_? I suspect it is a valuable thing 
to 
> > have.
> 
> By design I guess. The automatic stuff is for the common case. I doubt
> that such a "hybrid" session is really such a common case, especially
> since it creates a ton of problems when you mix it with normal physical
> sessions on seat0.
> 
> > Sure, I can try to configure polkit, but will that grant me permissions on 
> > device nodes (e. g. printers)?
> 
> Printers are a system resource, they are not reassigned to user
> sessions, they are expected to be written to only by system services
> like CUPS.
> 
> Lennart
> 
> 

...or sound devices. After all, I'm asking about the generic case :)

(Actually, when using things like HPLIP, permissions on usb nodes start to 
matter.)

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Ivan Shapovalov / intelfx /