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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY consolekit-download-http "&sources-anduin-http;/c/ConsoleKit-&consolekit-version;.tar.xz">
8 <!ENTITY consolekit-download-ftp " ">
9 <!ENTITY consolekit-md5sum "6aaadf5627d2f7587aa116727e2fc1da">
10 <!ENTITY consolekit-size "356 KB">
11 <!ENTITY consolekit-buildsize "8.0 MB">
12 <!ENTITY consolekit-time "0.3 SBU">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="consolekit" xreflabel="ConsoleKit-&consolekit-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="consolekit.html"?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
20 <date>$Date$</date>
21 </sect1info>
22
23 <title>ConsoleKit-&consolekit-version;</title>
24
25 <indexterm zone="consolekit">
26 <primary sortas="a-ConsoleKit">ConsoleKit</primary>
27 </indexterm>
28
29 <sect2 role="package">
30 <title>Introduction to ConsoleKit</title>
31
32 <para>
33 The <application>ConsoleKit</application> package is a framework for
34 keeping track of the various users, sessions, and seats present on a system.
35 It provides a mechanism for software to react to changes of any of these
36 items or of any of the metadata associated with them.
37 </para>
38
39 &lfs77_checked;
40
41 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
42 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
43 <listitem>
44 <para>
45 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&consolekit-download-http;"/>
46 </para>
47 </listitem>
48 <listitem>
49 <para>
50 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&consolekit-download-ftp;"/>
51 </para>
52 </listitem>
53 <listitem>
54 <para>
55 Download MD5 sum: &consolekit-md5sum;
56 </para>
57 </listitem>
58 <listitem>
59 <para>
60 Download size: &consolekit-size;
61 </para>
62 </listitem>
63 <listitem>
64 <para>
65 Estimated disk space required: &consolekit-buildsize;
66 </para>
67 </listitem>
68 <listitem>
69 <para>
70 Estimated build time: &consolekit-time;
71 </para>
72 </listitem>
73 </itemizedlist>
74
75 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">ConsoleKit Dependencies</bridgehead>
76
77 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
78 <para role="required">
79 <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/> and
80 <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/>
81 </para>
82
83 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
84 <para role="recommended">
85 <xref linkend="linux-pam"/> and
86 <xref linkend="polkit"/>
87 </para>
88
89 <warning>
90 <para>
91 If you intend <emphasis role="strong">NOT</emphasis> to install
92 <application>polkit</application>, you will need to manually edit the
93 ConsoleKit.conf file to lock down the service. Failure to do so may be a
94 huge SECURITY HOLE.
95 </para>
96 </warning>
97
98 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
99 <para role="optional">
100 <xref linkend="xmlto"/>
101 </para>
102
103 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
104 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/consolekit"/>
105 </para>
106 </sect2>
107
108 <sect2 role="installation">
109 <title>Installation of ConsoleKit</title>
110
111 <para>
112 Install <application>ConsoleKit</application> by running the following
113 commands:
114 </para>
115
116<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
117 --sysconfdir=/etc \
118 --localstatedir=/var \
119 --enable-udev-acl \
120 --enable-pam-module \
121 --with-systemdsystemunitdir=no &amp;&amp;
122make</userinput></screen>
123
124 <para>
125 This package does not come with a test suite.
126 </para>
127
128 <para>
129 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
130 </para>
131
132<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
133
134 </sect2>
135
136 <sect2 role="commands">
137 <title>Command Explanations</title>
138
139 <para>
140 <parameter>--enable-udev-acl</parameter>: This switch enables building of
141 the <command>udev-acl</command> tool, which is used to allow normal users
142 to access device nodes normally only accessible to
143 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>.
144 </para>
145
146 <para>
147 <parameter>--enable-pam-module</parameter>: This switch enables building
148 of the <application>ConsoleKit</application>
149 <application>PAM</application> module which is needed for
150 <application>ConsoleKit</application> to work correctly with
151 <application>PAM</application>. Remove if
152 <application>Linux PAM</application> is
153 <emphasis role="strong">NOT</emphasis> installed.
154 </para>
155
156 <para>
157 <parameter>--with-systemdsystemunitdir=no</parameter>: Disable
158 attempting to build with systemd libraries.
159 </para>
160
161 <para>
162 <option>--enable-docbook-docs</option>: Use this switch if
163 <application>xmlto</application> is installed and you wish to
164 build the API documentation.
165 </para>
166
167 </sect2>
168
169 <sect2 role="configuration">
170 <title>Configuring ConsoleKit</title>
171
172 <sect3>
173 <title>PAM Module Configuration</title>
174
175 <para>
176 If you use <application>Linux PAM</application>, it needs to be
177 configured to activate <application>ConsoleKit</application> upon user
178 login. This can be achieved by editing the
179 <filename>/etc/pam.d/system-session</filename> file as the <systemitem
180 class="username">root</systemitem> user:
181 </para>
182
183<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/pam.d/system-session &lt;&lt; "EOF"
184<literal># Begin ConsoleKit addition
185
186session optional pam_loginuid.so
187session optional pam_ck_connector.so nox11
188
189# End ConsoleKit addition</literal>
190EOF</userinput></screen>
191
192 <para>
193 You will also need a helper script that creates a file in
194 <filename class="directory">/var/run/console</filename>
195 named as the currently logged in user and that contains the
196 <application>D-Bus</application> address of the session. You
197 can create the script by running the following commands as
198 the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
199 </para>
200
201<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt; /usr/lib/ConsoleKit/run-session.d/pam-foreground-compat.ck &lt;&lt; "EOF"
202#!/bin/sh
203TAGDIR=/var/run/console
204
205[ -n "$CK_SESSION_USER_UID" ] || exit 1
206[ "$CK_SESSION_IS_LOCAL" = "true" ] || exit 0
207
208TAGFILE="$TAGDIR/`getent passwd $CK_SESSION_USER_UID | cut -f 1 -d:`"
209
210if [ "$1" = "session_added" ]; then
211 mkdir -p "$TAGDIR"
212 echo "$CK_SESSION_ID" &gt;&gt; "$TAGFILE"
213fi
214
215if [ "$1" = "session_removed" ] &amp;&amp; [ -e "$TAGFILE" ]; then
216 sed -i "\%^$CK_SESSION_ID\$%d" "$TAGFILE"
217 [ -s "$TAGFILE" ] || rm -f "$TAGFILE"
218fi
219EOF
220chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/ConsoleKit/run-session.d/pam-foreground-compat.ck</userinput></screen>
221
222 <para>
223 See /usr/share/doc/ConsoleKit/spec/ConsoleKit.html for more
224 configuration.
225 </para>
226
227 </sect3>
228
229 </sect2>
230
231 <sect2 role="content">
232 <title>Contents</title>
233
234 <segmentedlist>
235 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
236 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
237 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
238
239 <seglistitem>
240 <seg>
241 ck-history, ck-launch-session, ck-list-sessions,
242 ck-log-system-restart, ck-log-system-start,
243 ck-log-system-stop and console-kit-daemon
244 </seg>
245 <seg>
246 libck-connector.so and pam_ck_connector.so
247 </seg>
248 <seg>
249 /etc/ConsoleKit,
250 /usr/include/ConsoleKit,
251 /usr/lib/ConsoleKit,
252 /usr/share/doc/ConsoleKit and
253 /var/log/ConsoleKit
254 </seg>
255 </seglistitem>
256 </segmentedlist>
257
258 <variablelist>
259 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
260 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
261 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
262
263<!--
264 <varlistentry id="ck-history">
265 <term><command>ck-history</command></term>
266 <listitem>
267 <para>does this .....</para>
268 <indexterm zone="consolekit ck-history">
269 <primary sortas="b-ck-history">ck-history</primary>
270 </indexterm>
271 </listitem>
272 </varlistentry>
273
274 <varlistentry id="ck-launch-session">
275 <term><command>ck-launch-session</command></term>
276 <listitem>
277 <para>does this .....</para>
278 <indexterm zone="consolekit ck-launch-session">
279 <primary sortas="b-ck-launch-session">ck-launch-session</primary>
280 </indexterm>
281 </listitem>
282 </varlistentry>
283-->
284
285 <varlistentry id="ck-list-sessions">
286 <term><command>ck-list-sessions</command></term>
287 <listitem>
288 <para>list sessions with respective properties. Also good for
289 debugging purposes.</para>
290 <indexterm zone="consolekit ck-list-sessions">
291 <primary sortas="b-ck-list-sessions">ck-list-sessions</primary>
292 </indexterm>
293 </listitem>
294 </varlistentry>
295<!--
296 <varlistentry id="ck-log-system-restart">
297 <term><command>ck-log-system-restart</command></term>
298 <listitem>
299 <para>does this .....</para>
300 <indexterm zone="consolekit ck-log-system-restart">
301 <primary sortas="b-ck-log-system-restart">ck-log-system-restart</primary>
302 </indexterm>
303 </listitem>
304 </varlistentry>
305
306 <varlistentry id="ck-log-system-start">
307 <term><command>ck-log-system-start</command></term>
308 <listitem>
309 <para>does this .....</para>
310 <indexterm zone="consolekit ck-log-system-start">
311 <primary sortas="b-ck-log-system-start">ck-log-system-start</primary>
312 </indexterm>
313 </listitem>
314 </varlistentry>
315
316 <varlistentry id="ck-log-system-stop">
317 <term><command>ck-log-system-stop</command></term>
318 <listitem>
319 <para>does this .....</para>
320 <indexterm zone="consolekit ck-log-system-stop">
321 <primary sortas="b-ck-log-system-stop">ck-log-system-stop</primary>
322 </indexterm>
323 </listitem>
324 </varlistentry>
325
326 <varlistentry id="console-kit-daemon">
327 <term><command>console-kit-daemon</command></term>
328 <listitem>
329 <para>is the <application>ConsoleKit</application> daemon.</para>
330 <indexterm zone="consolekit console-kit-daemon">
331 <primary sortas="b-console-kit-daemon">console-kit-daemon</primary>
332 </indexterm>
333 </listitem>
334 </varlistentry>
335
336 <varlistentry id="ck-collect-session-info">
337 <term><command>ck-collect-session-info</command></term>
338 <listitem>
339 <para>does this .....</para>
340 <indexterm zone="consolekit ck-collect-session-info">
341 <primary sortas="b-ck-collect-session-info">ck-collect-session-info</primary>
342 </indexterm>
343 </listitem>
344 </varlistentry>
345
346 <varlistentry id="ck-get-x11-display-device">
347 <term><command>ck-get-x11-display-device</command></term>
348 <listitem>
349 <para>does this .....</para>
350 <indexterm zone="consolekit ck-get-x11-display-device">
351 <primary sortas="b-ck-get-x11-display-device">ck-get-x11-display-device</primary>
352 </indexterm>
353 </listitem>
354 </varlistentry>
355
356 <varlistentry id="ck-get-x11-server-pid">
357 <term><command>ck-get-x11-server-pid</command></term>
358 <listitem>
359 <para>does this .....</para>
360 <indexterm zone="consolekit ck-get-x11-server-pid">
361 <primary sortas="b-ck-get-x11-server-pid">ck-get-x11-server-pid</primary>
362 </indexterm>
363 </listitem>
364 </varlistentry>
365
366 <varlistentry id="ck-system-restart">
367 <term><command>ck-system-restart</command></term>
368 <listitem>
369 <para>does this .....</para>
370 <indexterm zone="consolekit ck-system-restart">
371 <primary sortas="b-ck-system-restart">ck-system-restart</primary>
372 </indexterm>
373 </listitem>
374 </varlistentry>
375
376 <varlistentry id="ck-system-stop">
377 <term><command>ck-system-stop</command></term>
378 <listitem>
379 <para>does this .....</para>
380 <indexterm zone="consolekit ck-system-stop">
381 <primary sortas="b-ck-system-stop">ck-system-stop</primary>
382 </indexterm>
383 </listitem>
384 </varlistentry>
385
386 <varlistentry id="libck-connector">
387 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libck-connector.so</filename></term>
388 <listitem>
389 <para>contains functions that .....</para>
390 <indexterm zone="consolekit libck-connector">
391 <primary sortas="c-libck-connector">libck-connector.so</primary>
392 </indexterm>
393 </listitem>
394 </varlistentry>
395
396 <varlistentry id="pam_ck_connector">
397 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>pam_ck_connector.so</filename></term>
398 <listitem>
399 <para>contains functions that .....</para>
400 <indexterm zone="consolekit pam_ck_connector">
401 <primary sortas="c-pam_ck_connector">pam_ck_connector.so</primary>
402 </indexterm>
403 </listitem>
404 </varlistentry>
405-->
406 </variablelist>
407
408 </sect2>
409
410</sect1>
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