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Diffstat (limited to 'pam-ck-connector/pam_ck_connector.8')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/pam-ck-connector/pam_ck_connector.8 b/pam-ck-connector/pam_ck_connector.8 index 43241a0..0824557 100644 --- a/pam-ck-connector/pam_ck_connector.8 +++ b/pam-ck-connector/pam_ck_connector.8 @@ -15,25 +15,26 @@ pam_ck_connector \- Register sessin with ConsoleKit .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP The pam_ck_connector PAM module registers a login session with -the system-wide -.I ConsoleKit +the system-wide +.I ConsoleKit daemon. This PAM module should be used with -caution; only local login managers such as +caution; only local login managers such as .B login(1) -should use this. Since the +should use this. Since the .I ConsoleKit daemon can accept both an .B tty and an X11 display the normal parameters set by PAM are not always -useful. +useful. An application can therefore override these with the PAM environment variables -.B CKCON_TTY -and +.B CKCON_TTY, .B CHCON_X11_DISPLAY +and +.B CHCON_X11_DISPLAY_DEVICE (the application should remember to unset these before starting the -login session). +login session). Also note that the .I ConsoleKit @@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ which is used to defined membership of a login session. This PAM module has the side effect that it creates a connection to the system message bus that is kept open until the session ends. This -is used by the +is used by the .I ConsoleKit daemon to track the life-cycle of the session and, as such, should the login manager crash, the session will |