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- What is ConsoleKit?
- ===================
-
- ConsoleKit is a framework for defining and tracking users, login
- sessions, and seats.
-
- What is a seat?
- ===============
-
- A seat is a collection of sessions and a set of hardware (usually at
- least a keyboard and mouse). Only one session may be active on a
- seat at a time.
-
- What is a session?
- ==================
-
- A session is a collection of all processes that originate from a single
- common ancestor and retain knowledge of a secret. As an implementation
- detail, this secret may be stored in the process environment by the
- login manager under the name XDG_SESSION_COOKIE.
-
- More Information
- ================
-
- http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit
-
- Discussion takes place on the HAL list.
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/hal
-