ConsoleKit

Download Source:	http://people.freedesktop.org/~mccann/dist/ConsoleKit-0.4.1.tar.gz

Introduction to ConsoleKit

ConsoleKit is a system-wide service that tracks seats and sessions.

Dependencies

Required

• D-BUS Glib

Non-Multilib

Compile the package:

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
    --localstatedir=/var &&
make

Install the package

make install

Multilib

32Bit

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH32}" \
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
    --localstatedir=/var &&
make

Install the package

make install

N32

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATHN32}" \
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
    --localstatedir=/var &&
make

Install the package

make pamlibdir=/lib32/security install

64Bit

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH64}" \
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
    --localstatedir=/var &&
make

Install the package

make pamlibdir=/lib64/security install

Configuration

Bootscript

Overwrite the bootscript that was installed with ConsoleKit with the following command:

cat > /etc/rc.d/init.d/ConsoleKit << "EOF"
#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin $rc_base/init.d/ConsoleKit
#
# Description :
#
# Authors     : Joe Ciccone <jciccone@linuxfromscratch.org>
#
# Version     : 00.01
#
# Notes       :
#
########################################################################

. /etc/sysconfig/rc
. ${rc_functions}

case "${1}" in
        start)
                boot_mesg "Starting ConsoleKit..."
                loadproc /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon
                ;;

        stop)
                boot_mesg "Stopping ConsoleKit..."
                killproc /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon
                ;;

        restart)
                ${0} stop
                sleep 1
                ${0} start
                ;;

        status)
                statusproc /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon
                ;;

        *)
                echo "Usage: ${0} {start|stop|restart|status}"
                exit 1
                ;;
esac

# End $rc_base/init.d/ConsoleKit
EOF
chmod -v 754 /etc/rc.d/init.d/ConsoleKit

Link it into the run-levels:

for link in /etc/rc.d/rc{{0,1,6}.d/K27,{2,3,4,5}.d/S23}ConsoleKit; do
  ln -sfv ../init.d/ConsoleKit $link;
done

Contents

Installed Programs:	console-kit-daemon
Installed Libraries:	None
Installed Directories:	None

Short Descriptions

console-kit-daemon	???