[systemd-devel] Running system with neither dbus, or kdbus?

[David Herrmann]

Hi

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Dimitri John Ledkov
<dimitri.j.ledkov at intel.com> wrote:
> I have a minimal system and I don't have for example policykit or
> graphical things.
>
> I don't have kdbus yet.
>
> However at the moment it seems that e.g. networkd & logind components
> require dbus system bus.
>
> Is it feasible to modify networkd/logind to operate without system
> dbus? E.g. similar how init / systemctl use /run/systemd/private for
> communication.
>
> Would such modifications be welcomed?

We need a way to communicate between processes (IPC). For systemd we
chose dbus, as such it is mandatory. We don't support systems without
dbus.

Thanks
David