Seatd - Revision history

Prabuanand: removed :Template:Verified added earlier for taking screenshot

2025-10-16T09:52:50Z

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	~~{{Verified\|0}}~~[https://man.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd/ Seatd] is a [[Seat manager\|seat management]] daemon, that does everything it needs to do. Nothing more, nothing less. Depends only on libc. Seat management takes care of mediating access to shared devices (graphics, input), without requiring the applications needing access to be root.		[https://man.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd/ Seatd] is a [[Seat manager\|seat management]] daemon, that does everything it needs to do. Nothing more, nothing less. Depends only on libc. Seat management takes care of mediating access to shared devices (graphics, input), without requiring the applications needing access to be root.

	When using [[elogind]], seatd is not required and viceversa. Don't add both to auto-start.		When using [[elogind]], seatd is not required and viceversa. Don't add both to auto-start.

Prabuanand: moved XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to Prerequisites section

2025-08-16T12:15:53Z

moved XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to Prerequisites section

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	{{Verified\|2}}[https://man.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd/ Seatd] is a [[Seat manager\|seat management]] daemon, that does everything it needs to do. Nothing more, nothing less. Depends only on libc. Seat management takes care of mediating access to shared devices (graphics, input), without requiring the applications needing access to be root.		{{Verified\|0}}[https://man.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd/ Seatd] is a [[Seat manager\|seat management]] daemon, that does everything it needs to do. Nothing more, nothing less. Depends only on libc. Seat management takes care of mediating access to shared devices (graphics, input), without requiring the applications needing access to be root.

	When using [[elogind]], seatd is not required and viceversa. Don't add both to auto-start.		When using [[elogind]], seatd is not required and viceversa. Don't add both to auto-start.

			== Prerequisites ==

			* Seatd requires that [[XDG_RUNTIME_DIR]] is set before starting your [[Wayland]] compositor.

	== Installation ==		== Installation ==

	Install the {{Pkg\|seatd}} package ~~and~~ add the {{ic\|seatd}} service to auto-start using [[OpenRC]]: {{Cmd\|<nowiki>~~# apk add seatd~~		Install the {{Pkg\|seatd}} package:{{Cmd\|# apk add {{Pkg\|seatd}}}}
	# rc-update add seatd
	# service seatd start </nowiki>}}		== Configuration ==

			=== Service management ===
			To add the {{ic\|seatd}} service to auto-start using [[OpenRC]]: {{Cmd\|<nowiki># rc-update add seatd
			# rc-service seatd start </nowiki>}}

	To add the currently logged in user to {{ic\|seat}} group issue the command: {{Cmd\|$ doas adduser $USER seat}}		To add the currently logged in user to {{ic\|seat}} group issue the command: {{Cmd\|$ doas adduser $USER seat}}
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	If you are already logged in as a <code>$USER</code>, you will need to relogin.		If you are already logged in as a <code>$USER</code>, you will need to relogin.

	== ~~Configuration ==~~		=== Polkit ===

	~~Ensure that [[XDG_RUNTIME_DIR]] is set before starting your Wayland compositor.~~

	== ~~Polkit~~ ==

	[[Polkit#Using polkit with seatd\|Polkit]] can be configured and used for authentication with seatd with certain limitations. Since seatd doesn't provide detailed session tracking, polkit rules that rely on these properties (e.g., subject.active, subject.local) cannot be evaluated. Hence graphical, session-aware [[Polkit#Authentication agents\|polkit authentication agents]] are not supported.		[[Polkit#Using polkit with seatd\|Polkit]] can be configured and used for authentication with seatd with certain limitations. Since seatd doesn't provide detailed session tracking, polkit rules that rely on these properties (e.g., subject.active, subject.local) cannot be evaluated. Hence graphical, session-aware [[Polkit#Authentication agents\|polkit authentication agents]] are not supported.

Prabuanand: Content reviewed and verified

2025-08-15T09:16:43Z

Content reviewed and verified

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	{{Verified}}[https://man.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd/ Seatd] is a [[Seat manager\|seat management]] daemon, that does everything it needs to do. Nothing more, nothing less. Depends only on libc. Seat management takes care of mediating access to shared devices (graphics, input), without requiring the applications needing access to be root.		{{Verified\|2}}[https://man.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd/ Seatd] is a [[Seat manager\|seat management]] daemon, that does everything it needs to do. Nothing more, nothing less. Depends only on libc. Seat management takes care of mediating access to shared devices (graphics, input), without requiring the applications needing access to be root.

	When using [[elogind]], seatd is not required and viceversa. Don't add both to auto-start.		When using [[elogind]], seatd is not required and viceversa. Don't add both to auto-start.

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2025-08-15T08:47:17Z

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	[https://man.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd/ Seatd] is a [[Seat manager\|seat management]] daemon, that does everything it needs to do. Nothing more, nothing less. Depends only on libc. Seat management takes care of mediating access to shared devices (graphics, input), without requiring the applications needing access to be root.		{{Verified}}[https://man.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd/ Seatd] is a [[Seat manager\|seat management]] daemon, that does everything it needs to do. Nothing more, nothing less. Depends only on libc. Seat management takes care of mediating access to shared devices (graphics, input), without requiring the applications needing access to be root.

	When using [[elogind]], seatd is not required and viceversa. Don't add both to auto-start.		When using [[elogind]], seatd is not required and viceversa. Don't add both to auto-start.
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	* [https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Setting-environmental-variables sway wiki]		* [https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Setting-environmental-variables sway wiki]

	~~{{Verified}}~~
	[[Category:Seat_manager]]		[[Category:Seat_manager]]

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	* [https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Setting-environmental-variables sway wiki]		* [https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Setting-environmental-variables sway wiki]

			{{Verified}}
	[[Category:Seat_manager]]		[[Category:Seat_manager]]

Prabuanand: moved seatd related content to this page from Polkit with relevant link

2025-07-25T06:52:01Z

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	If you are already logged in as a <code>$USER</code>, you will need to relogin.		If you are already logged in as a <code>$USER</code>, you will need to relogin.

	~~[[Polkit#Using polkit with seatd\|Polkit]] can be configured and used for authentication with seatd.~~

	== Configuration ==		== Configuration ==

	Ensure that [[XDG_RUNTIME_DIR]] is set before starting your Wayland compositor.		Ensure that [[XDG_RUNTIME_DIR]] is set before starting your Wayland compositor.

			== Polkit ==

			[[Polkit#Using polkit with seatd\|Polkit]] can be configured and used for authentication with seatd with certain limitations. Since seatd doesn't provide detailed session tracking, polkit rules that rely on these properties (e.g., subject.active, subject.local) cannot be evaluated. Hence graphical, session-aware [[Polkit#Authentication agents\|polkit authentication agents]] are not supported.

			Refer to [[Polkit#Example1\|sample polkit rule file]] that works with seatd.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

Prabuanand: removed :Category:Desktop as per Help_talk:Style

2025-05-25T15:16:10Z

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	* [https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Setting-environmental-variables sway wiki]		* [https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Setting-environmental-variables sway wiki]

	~~[[Category:Desktop]]~~
	[[Category:Seat_manager]]		[[Category:Seat_manager]]
	~~[[Category:Wayland]]~~

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2025-05-25T04:07:49Z

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	If you are already logged in as a <code>$USER</code>, you will need to relogin.		If you are already logged in as a <code>$USER</code>, you will need to relogin.

	[[Polkit#~~Polkit and~~ seatd\|Polkit]] can be configured and used for authentication with seatd.		[[Polkit#Using polkit with seatd\|Polkit]] can be configured and used for authentication with seatd.

	== Configuration ==		== Configuration ==

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2025-05-03T17:04:17Z

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	== Installation ==		== Installation ==

	{{~~Cmd~~\|~~apk~~ add {{~~Pkg~~\|seatd}} # ~~install~~ seatd		Install the {{Pkg\|seatd}} package and add the {{ic\|seatd}} service to auto-start using [[OpenRC]]: {{Cmd\|<nowiki># apk add seatd
	rc-update add seatd # ~~configure it to auto-start~~		# rc-update add seatd
	service seatd start ~~# start it now~~		# service seatd start </nowiki>}}
	adduser $USER seat ~~# allow current user to access seatd~~
	}}		To add the currently logged in user to {{ic\|seat}} group issue the command: {{Cmd\|$ doas adduser $USER seat}}

	If you are already logged in as a <code>$USER</code>, you will need to relogin.		If you are already logged in as a <code>$USER</code>, you will need to relogin.

	* [[~~polkit~~]] can be used for authentication with ~~[[Polkit#Polkit and~~ seatd~~\|seatd]]~~.		[[Polkit#Polkit and seatd\|Polkit]] can be configured and used for authentication with seatd.

	== Configuration ==		== Configuration ==

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2025-05-03T15:50:53Z

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	If you are already logged in as a <code>$USER</code>, you will need to relogin.		If you are already logged in as a <code>$USER</code>, you will need to relogin.

	* [[polkit]] can be used for authentication with [[Polkit and seatd\|seatd]].		* [[polkit]] can be used for authentication with [[Polkit#Polkit and seatd\|seatd]].

	== Configuration ==		== Configuration ==