On Tuesday 05 November 2013 at 11:33:31, Lennart wrote: > On Tue, 05.11.13 14:24, Ivan Shapovalov (intelfx...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > So you want something like a "hybrid" session, i.e. one that is virtual > > > but has access to local devices? That's a special setup that is not > > > supported by logind itself. However note that you can express any > > > policies you like with polkit, hence you can configure it to grant > > > access to the devices to your user even if he is not logged into a > > > physical session. But that's something you have to do unrelated to > > > logind. > > > > > > Lennart > > > > > > > Yes, I want something like that... > > Is it not supported _yet_ or _by design_? I suspect it is a valuable thing to > > have. > > By design I guess. The automatic stuff is for the common case. I doubt > that such a "hybrid" session is really such a common case, especially > since it creates a ton of problems when you mix it with normal physical > sessions on seat0. > > > Sure, I can try to configure polkit, but will that grant me permissions on > > device nodes (e. g. printers)? > > Printers are a system resource, they are not reassigned to user > sessions, they are expected to be written to only by system services > like CUPS. > > Lennart > >
...or sound devices. After all, I'm asking about the generic case :) (Actually, when using things like HPLIP, permissions on usb nodes start to matter.) -- Ivan Shapovalov / intelfx / _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
