pam_ck_connector - Register session with ConsoleKit
pam_ck_connector.so [debug]
PAM_CK_CONNECTOR(8) ConsoleKit Manual PAM_CK_CONNECTOR(8)
NAME
pam_ck_connector - Register session with ConsoleKit
SYNOPSIS
pam_ck_connector.so [debug]
DESCRIPTION
The pam_ck_connector PAM module registers a login session with the
system-wide ConsoleKit daemon. This PAM module should be used with
caution; only local login managers such as login(1) should use this.
Since the ConsoleKit daemon can accept both an tty and an X11 display
the normal parameters set by PAM are not always useful.
An application can therefore override these with the PAM environment
variables CKCON_TTY, CKCON_X11_DISPLAY and CKCON_X11_DISPLAY_DEVICE
(the application should remember to unset these before starting the
login session).
Also note that the ConsoleKit daemon may reject registration attempts
if the given set of data are inconsistent with each other. More more
information, see the ConsoleKit documentation on the
OpenSessionWithParameters() method call on the
org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager D-Bus interface.
If registration with the ConsoleKit daemon succeeds, this PAM module
will set the environment variable XDG_SESSION_COOKIE which is used to
defined membership of a login session.
This PAM module has the side effect that it creates a connection to the
system message bus that is kept open until the session ends. This is
used by the ConsoleKit daemon to track the life-cycle of the session
and, as such, should the login manager crash, the session will be
properly unregistered.
OPTIONS
debug
Print debug information.
nox11
Do not create a session if PAM specifies an X11 display instead of a
/dev/tty terminal.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+--------------------------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------------------------------+
|Availability | library/security/pam/module/pam-consolekit |
+---------------+--------------------------------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(3PAM), dbus-daemon(1)
AUTHOR
pam_ck_connector was written by David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>.
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/ConsoleKit/dist/ConsoleKit-0.4.1.tar.bz2.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.freedesktop.org/software/ConsoleKit.
ConsoleKit Manual 02/27/2007 PAM_CK_CONNECTOR(8)