%general-entities; ]> ConsoleKit2 The ConsoleKit package is a framework for keeping track of the various users, sessions, and seats present on a system. It provides a mechanism for software to react to changes of any of these items or of any of the metadata associated with them. &lfs84_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &consolekit-md5sum; Download size: &consolekit-size; Estimated disk space required: &consolekit-buildsize; Estimated build time: &consolekit-time; ConsoleKit Dependencies Required and Recommended , , and (run-time dependency to allow ConsoleKit2 to put the system in Suspend or Hibernation mode) If you intend NOT to install polkit, you will need to manually edit the ConsoleKit.conf file to lock down the service. Failure to do so may be a huge SECURITY HOLE. Optional User Notes: Install ConsoleKit by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --localstatedir=/var \ --enable-udev-acl \ --enable-pam-module \ --enable-polkit \ --with-xinitrc-dir=/etc/X11/app-defaults/xinitrc.d \ --docdir=/usr/share/doc/ConsoleKit-&consolekit-version; \ --with-systemdsystemunitdir=no && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install && mv -v /etc/X11/app-defaults/xinitrc.d/90-consolekit{,.sh} --enable-udev-acl: This switch enables building of the udev-acl tool, which is used to allow normal users to access device nodes normally only accessible to root. --enable-pam-module: This switch enables building of the ConsoleKit PAM module which is needed for ConsoleKit to work correctly with PAM. Remove if Linux PAM is NOT installed. --enable-polkit: Enable PolicyKit support. --with-xinitrc-dir=/etc/X11/app-defaults/xinitrc.d: Fix the location of the 90-consolekit.sh script. Notice that the script has been renamed after installation, because xinitrc only sources script names ending with extension .sh. --with-systemdsystemunitdir=no: Disable attempting to build with systemd libraries. --enable-docbook-docs: Use this switch if xmlto is installed and you wish to build the user and API documentation. If you use Linux PAM, it needs to be configured to activate ConsoleKit upon user login. This can be achieved by editing the /etc/pam.d/system-session file as the root user: cat >> /etc/pam.d/system-session << "EOF" # Begin ConsoleKit addition session optional pam_loginuid.so session optional pam_ck_connector.so nox11 # End ConsoleKit addition EOF You will also need a helper script that creates a file in /var/run/console named as the currently logged in user and that contains the D-Bus address of the session. You can create the script by running the following commands as the root user: cat > /usr/lib/ConsoleKit/run-session.d/pam-foreground-compat.ck << "EOF" #!/bin/sh TAGDIR=/var/run/console [ -n "$CK_SESSION_USER_UID" ] || exit 1 [ "$CK_SESSION_IS_LOCAL" = "true" ] || exit 0 TAGFILE="$TAGDIR/`getent passwd $CK_SESSION_USER_UID | cut -f 1 -d:`" if [ "$1" = "session_added" ]; then mkdir -p "$TAGDIR" echo "$CK_SESSION_ID" >> "$TAGFILE" fi if [ "$1" = "session_removed" ] && [ -e "$TAGFILE" ]; then sed -i "\%^$CK_SESSION_ID\$%d" "$TAGFILE" [ -s "$TAGFILE" ] || rm -f "$TAGFILE" fi EOF chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/ConsoleKit/run-session.d/pam-foreground-compat.ck See /usr/share/doc/ConsoleKit/spec/ConsoleKit.html for more configuration. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories ck-history, ck-launch-session, and ck-list-sessions libconsolekit.so, libck-connector.so, and pam_ck_connector.so /etc/ConsoleKit, /usr/{include,lib}/ConsoleKit, /usr/share/doc/ihtml/ConsoleKit-&consolekit-version;, and /var/{log,run}/ConsoleKit Short Descriptions ck-history is a utility that provides information from the ConsoleKit database about what users have logged into the system. ck-history ck-launch-session is a utility for starting a command in its own ConsoleKit session. ck-launch-session ck-list-sessions list sessions with respective properties. Also good for debugging purposes. ck-list-sessions ck-log-system-restart write system restart to log. ck-log-system-restart ck-log-system-start write system start to log. ck-log-system-start ck-log-system-stop write system stop to log. ck-log-system-stop console-kit-daemon is the ConsoleKit daemon. console-kit-daemon