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| -rw-r--r-- | bus/dbus-daemon.1.in | 16 |
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diff --git a/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in b/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in index e230e513..5599afe6 100644 --- a/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in +++ b/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in @@ -138,7 +138,21 @@ Root element. The well-known type of the message bus. Currently known values are "system" and "session"; if other values are set, they should be either added to the D-Bus specification, or namespaced. The last -<type> element "wins" (previous values are ignored). +<type> element "wins" (previous values are ignored). This element +only controls which message bus specific environment variables are +set in activated clients. Most of the policy that distinguishes a +session bus from the system bus is controlled from the other elements +in the configuration file. + +.PP +If the well-known type of the message bus is "session", then the +DBUS_STARTER_BUS_TYPE environment variable will be set to "session" +and the DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable will be set +to the address of the session bus. Likewise, if the type of the +message bus is "system", then the DBUS_STARTER_BUS_TYPE environment +variable will be set to "system" and the DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS +environment variable will be set to the address of the system bus +(which is normally well known anyway). .PP Example: <type>session</type> |