On 2026-02-10 17:06:48 -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote: > utempter uses setgid, while systemd (whose documentation is per-line of > code no better than utempter) appears to require root privilege > (which of course is a big step backwards).
As I understand the doc, software should not call systemd directly, but should use PAM, and more specifically, pam_systemd: pam_systemd - Register user sessions in the systemd login manager Then, concerning the needed permissions, isn't this controlled by PAM configuration? -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
