Bug 33702

Summary: provide X session cookie to root
Product: ConsoleKit Reporter: bugs.freedesktop.org
Component: DaemonAssignee: william.jon.mccann
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
Whiteboard:
i915 platform: i915 features:

Description bugs.freedesktop.org 2011-01-29 14:30:37 UTC
Currently there is no uniform way to obtain a X session cookie as root. gdm exports it if the caller is root, kdm on the other hand doesn't.
I think the correct place to obtain the cookie should be console kit, as it already knows the available x sessions.

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