%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ ConsoleKit-&consolekit-version; ConsoleKit Introduction to ConsoleKit 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. 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 If you intend NOT to install PolicyKit, 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 and xmlto User Notes: Installation of ConsoleKit Install ConsoleKit by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \ --libexecdir=/usr/lib/ConsoleKit --localstatedir=/var \ --enable-pam-module && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install Command Explanations --enable-pam-module: This switch enables ConsoleKit to use Linux-PAM authentication. Remove this option if Linux-PAM is NOT installed. : Use this parameter if xmlto is installed and you wish to build the API documentation. Configuring ConsoleKit Config Files /etc/dbus-1/system.d/ConsoleKit.conf /etc/dbus-1/system.d/ConsoleKit.conf Configuration Information See /usr/share/doc/ConsoleKit/spec/ConsoleKit.html Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories ck-history, ck-launch-session, ck-list-sessions, ck-log-system-restart, ck-log-system-start, ck-log-system-stop, console-kit-daemon, ck-collect-session-info, ck-get-x11-display-device, ck-get-x11-server-pid, ck-system-restart, and ck-system-stop libck-connector.so and pam_ck_connector.so /etc/ConsoleKit/seats.d,/usr/{include/ConsoleKit/ck-connector, lib/ConsoleKit/scripts,share/doc/ConsoleKit/spec}