On 2026-02-10 18:38:10 -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 11:59:38PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > 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? > > presumably - but ultimately it's a matter of authentication. > How do you suppose xterm would accomplish that?
I don't know how this works, but I'm wondering why you mentioned authentication. The only thing that should be used concerning the user is the PID of the process. -- 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)
