dde-seatd-launch(1)

NAME

dde-seatd-launch - Start a process with its own dde-seatd instance

SYNOPSIS

dde-seatd-launch [options] [--] command

OPTIONS

-l <loglevel>
    Log-level to pass to dde-seatd. See dde-seatd(1) for information about available log-levels.

-h
    Show help message and quit.

-v
    Show the version number and quit.

DESCRIPTION

dde-seatd-launch starts a dde-seatd instance with a dedicated socket path, waits for it to be ready, and starts the specified command with SEATD_SOCK set appropriately. Once the specified command terminates, the dde-seatd instance is also terminated.

dde-seatd requires root privileges to perform its tasks. This can be achieved through SUID of dde-seatd-launch or by running dde-seatd-launch as root. dde-seatd-launch will drop privileges from the effective user to the real user before running the specified command. If the real user is root, this is simply a noop. You should only run dde-seatd-launch as root if you intend for the specified command to run as root as well.

dde-seatd-launch serves a similar purpose to the libseat "builtin" backend, but is superior to it for two reasons:
1.  The specified command never runs as root
2.  The standard dde-seatd executable and DDE libseat-compatible backend is used

EXIT STATUS

dde-seatd-launch exits with the status of its child. When the child terminates on a signal N, dde-seatd-launch exits with the status 128 + N.

If dde-seatd-launch fails because of another error, it exits with a non-zero status.

SEE ALSO

The DDE libseat-compatible library, <libseat.h>, dde-seatd(1)

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.