[systemd-devel] Locking current session programmatically

[Ivan Shapovalov]

>> 27 июня 2014 г., в 21:54, Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net> написал(а):
>> 
>> On Fri, 27.06.14 17:45, Ivan Shapovalov (intelfx100 at gmail.com) wrote:
>> 
>> I want to lock my current session using a command-line tool (or a D-Bus call).
>> 
>> The only apparent way to do this is `loginctl lock-session $XDG_SESSION_ID`.
>> However, this results in an "Access denied" reply, which is somewhat strange
>> (I expect to be able to lock my own session).
>> 
>> Is this by design or a bug?
> 
> Neither. Just missing functionality. I added this to the TODO list now. 
> 
>> In either case, is it possible to lock the current
>> session?
> 
> Well, not with logind, no. But you should be able to do it with GNOME's APIs.
> 
> Lennart
> 
> -- 
> Lennart Poettering, Red Hat

I've got a DE-less setup (a freestanding window manager). Should I just invoke whatever tool I use for screenlocking (i3lock in my case)?

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