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<refentry id="ck-launch-session-1">

<refmeta><refentrytitle>&cmd;</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo class="date">22 Oct 2009</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<indexterm><primary>

&cmd;

</primary></indexterm>

<indexterm><primary>

ConsoleKit session launcher

</primary></indexterm>

<refnamediv id="ck-launch-session-1-name">

<refname>&cmd;</refname>

<refpurpose>

ConsoleKit session launcher

</refpurpose></refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv id="ck-launch-session-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>

<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command>

<arg choice="plain"><option role="nodash"><replaceable>command</replaceable></option></arg>

</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1 id="ck-launch-session-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>

<para>

<command>&cmd;</command> is a utility for starting a command in its own

ConsoleKit session. This would be useful if a user wanted to start their own

session via a <command>startx</command> script and have it registered with

ConsoleKit, for example.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="ck-launch-session-1-oper">

<title>&oper-tt;</title>

<para>

The following operands are supported:

</para>

<variablelist termlength="narrow">

<varlistentry>

<term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>command</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>

Start the specified <replaceable>command</replaceable> in its own ConsoleKit

session.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="ck-launch-session-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>

<example role="example">

<title>Launch the <command>startx</command> command in its own ConsoleKit

session</title>

<para>

<screen>

example% <userinput>&cmd; <command>startx</command></userinput>

</screen>

</para>

</example>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="ck-launch-session-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>

<para>

The following files are used by this application:

</para>

<variablelist termlength="wholeline">

<varlistentry>

<term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename></term>

<listitem><para>

Executable for ConsoleKit session launcher.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="ck-launch-session-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>

<para>

See

<olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5">

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>

for descriptions of the following attributes:

</para>

<informaltable frame="all">

<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

<thead>

<row>

<entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry>

<entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row>

<entry><para>Availability</para></entry>

<entry><para>library/xdg/consolekit</para></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry>

<entry colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry>

</row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</informaltable>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="ck-launch-session-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>

<para>

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>ck-history</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>ck-list-sessions</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>ck-seat-tool</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1m</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>console-kit-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1m</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1m</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="ck-launch-session-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

<para>

Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2009.

Copyright (c) 2009 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>