standalone PAM for xdg-runtime dir ?

[Dimitris T.]

Στις 10/6/26 16:28, ο/η Matthias Geiger έγραψε:
> On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:27, Mark Hindley <mark at hindley.org.uk> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 02:25:18PM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote:
>>> Sorry, I misread display/window manager. Yes, I use sway with seatd 
>>> as my daily
>>> driver. No problems.
>>
>> So, to answer your original question, I use libpam-ck-connector to 
>> create
>> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR on console login and then run sway from the command 
>> line.
>>
> Ah, thanks for confirming. I am wondering whether it would make sense 
> to package https://github.com/cernops/pam_xdg_runtime_dir then to have 
> a standalone PAM creating XDG_RUNTIME_DIR.
>
> best,
>
> werdahias
>
hey all,

please excuse my ignorance on the subject,

but doesn't turnstile[1] work similarly? iirc, it also creates 
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR (?)

and is already packaged in Debian testing/sid, by Mark :) .


best,

d.


[1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/turnstile