[systemd-devel] Running pam-enabled /bin/login sessions in unprivileged terminal emulators

[Lennart Poettering]

On Fr, 21.05.21 21:29, nerdopolis (bluescreen_avenger at verizon.net) wrote:

> On Thursday, May 20, 2021 10:53:24 AM EDT  wrote:
> > On So, 16.05.21 19:41, nerdopolis (bluescreen_avenger at verizon.net) wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I am trying to experiment around replacing the text mode TTYs with usermode
> > > utilities.
> >
> > I don't follow?
> >
>
>
> I am sorry, I will try to be more clear. That first email, went through several
> drafts, as at first it was longer and rambly, and I didn't want to bombard the
> list with a giant wall of text.
>
>
> (I actually found my solution was to use socat since sending that last email.)
>
>
> I was seeking some more existing programs I could try to cobble together to
> come up with a solution. The main things were:

I still donÄt get what the "end goal" is. You start with the tools you
want to reach your end goal, but never specify what precisely that end
goal is.

Do you intend to replace the Linux VT with a userspace implementation
of the same concept?

Or do you want to run a full-screen graphical terminal app on one
Linux graphical VT that behaves like a text VT but renders stuff
graphically?

Lennart

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