[systemd-devel] Locking current session programmatically

[Mantas Mikulėnas]

A session manager is *not necessary* for this; the screensaver or
screenlocker itself could easily listen to the relevant DBus signals (e.g.
cinnamon-screensaver does this). See also: xss-lock, systemd-lock-handler.

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Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com>
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On Jun 29, 2014 1:02 PM, "Kirill Elagin" <kirelagin at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you don't have a DE you don't have a session manager either, so
> systemd-logind can't help you anyway.
> Indeed, you should just run your screenlocker.
>
>
> --
> Кирилл Елагин
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Ivan Shapovalov <intelfx100 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> >> 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)?
>>
>> --
>> Ivan Shapovalov / intelfx /
>>
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