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NAME¶
seatd - A seat management daemon
SYNOPSIS¶
seatd [options]
OPTIONS¶
-h
Show help message and quit.
-u <user>
User to own the seatd socket.
-g <group>
Group to own the seatd socket.
-s <path>
Where to create the seatd socket. Defaults to
`/run/seatd.sock`.
-v
Show the version number and quit.
DESCRIPTION¶
seatd provides central seat management, mediating access to shared resources such as displays and input devices in a multi-session, multi-seat environment.
seatd operates over a UNIX domain socket, with libseat providing the client-side of the protocol.
ENVIRONMENT¶
| VARIABLE | VALUES | DESCRIPTION |
| SEATD_SOCK | File path | Informs libseat of the socket location, needed if it differs from `/run/seatd.sock` |
| SEATD_LOGLEVEL | silent, error, info, debug | Sets the seatd log level. Defaults to "error" |
SEE ALSO¶
The libseat library, <libseat.h>
AUTHORS¶
Maintained by Kenny Levinsen <contact@kl.wtf>, who is assisted by other open-source contributors. For more information about seatd development, see https://sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd.
| 2021-05-18 |