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author | Brian Cameron <brian.cameron@sun.com> | 2006-11-06 22:43:21 +0000 |
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committer | Brian Cameron <bcameron@src.gnome.org> | 2006-11-06 22:43:21 +0000 |
commit | 8e0f71ee269b2eb9cc87843276511a94d238b1b7 (patch) | |
tree | cdf623259ed064341ec6e8738c650a8c539aa69c /docs | |
parent | 78f4c54b4de28016276821373c7cffd8e8e7c58b (diff) | |
download | gdm-8e0f71ee269b2eb9cc87843276511a94d238b1b7.tar.gz |
Update to new release version. Updated. Update version number.
2006-11-06 Brian Cameron <brian.cameron@sun.com>
* Release 2.17.2:
* configure.ac: Update to new release version.
* NEWS: Updated.
* docs/C/gdm.xml: Update version number.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/C/gdm.xml | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | docs/es/gdm.xml | 42 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | docs/uk/gdm.xml | 42 |
3 files changed, 83 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/C/gdm.xml b/docs/C/gdm.xml index 2228a8c0..d310f413 100644 --- a/docs/C/gdm.xml +++ b/docs/C/gdm.xml @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [ <!ENTITY legal SYSTEM "legal.xml"> - <!ENTITY version "2.17.1"> + <!ENTITY version "2.17.2"> <!ENTITY date "05/12/2006"> ]> diff --git a/docs/es/gdm.xml b/docs/es/gdm.xml index c9162081..30f12cea 100644 --- a/docs/es/gdm.xml +++ b/docs/es/gdm.xml @@ -413,6 +413,46 @@ gdm: .su.dominio </sect2> </sect1> + <sect1 id="consolekit"> + <title>Support for ConsoleKit</title> + + <para> + GDM includes support for publishing user login information with the user and login + session accounting framework known as ConsoleKit. ConsoleKit is able to keep track + of all the users currently logged in. In this respect, it can be used as a replacement + for the utmp or utmpx files that are available on most Unix-like operating systems. + </para> + + <para> + When GDM is about to create a new login process for a user it will call a privileged + method of ConsoleKit in order to open a new session for this user. At this time + GDM also provides ConsoleKit with information about this user session such as: the user ID, + the X11 Display name that will be associated with the session, the host-name from which the + session originates (useful in the case of an XDMCP session), whether or not this session + is local, etc. As the entity that initiates the user process, GDM is in a unique position + know and to be trusted to provide these bits of information about the user session. The use + of this privileged method is restricted by the use of D-Bus system message bus security policy. + </para> + + <para> + In the case where a user with an existing session and has authenticated at GDM and requests to + resume that existing session GDM calls a privileged method of ConsoleKit to unlock that + session. The exact details of what happens when the session receives this unlock signal is + undefined and session-specific. However, most sessions will unlock a screensaver in response. + </para> + + <para> + When the user chooses to log out, or if GDM or the session quit unexpectedly the user session + will be unregistered from ConsoleKit. + </para> + + <para> + If support for ConsoleKit is not desired it can be disabled at build time using the + --with-console-kit=no option when running configure. + </para> + + </sect1> + <sect1 id="gdmsetupusage"> <title>Usar gdmsetup para configurar GDM</title> @@ -4706,7 +4746,7 @@ homogeneous="bool"> </screen> If <filename>distribution-foo-image.png</filename> is a valid image filename it will be used. Otherwise distribution-blah-image.png will - be used if valid. + be used if valid. This feature supported since 2.16.3. </para> </sect3> diff --git a/docs/uk/gdm.xml b/docs/uk/gdm.xml index 95a1c625..20c9f5a4 100644 --- a/docs/uk/gdm.xml +++ b/docs/uk/gdm.xml @@ -690,6 +690,46 @@ gdm: .your.domain </sect2> </sect1> + <sect1 id="consolekit"> + <title>Support for ConsoleKit</title> + + <para> + GDM includes support for publishing user login information with the user and login + session accounting framework known as ConsoleKit. ConsoleKit is able to keep track + of all the users currently logged in. In this respect, it can be used as a replacement + for the utmp or utmpx files that are available on most Unix-like operating systems. + </para> + + <para> + When GDM is about to create a new login process for a user it will call a privileged + method of ConsoleKit in order to open a new session for this user. At this time + GDM also provides ConsoleKit with information about this user session such as: the user ID, + the X11 Display name that will be associated with the session, the host-name from which the + session originates (useful in the case of an XDMCP session), whether or not this session + is local, etc. As the entity that initiates the user process, GDM is in a unique position + know and to be trusted to provide these bits of information about the user session. The use + of this privileged method is restricted by the use of D-Bus system message bus security policy. + </para> + + <para> + In the case where a user with an existing session and has authenticated at GDM and requests to + resume that existing session GDM calls a privileged method of ConsoleKit to unlock that + session. The exact details of what happens when the session receives this unlock signal is + undefined and session-specific. However, most sessions will unlock a screensaver in response. + </para> + + <para> + When the user chooses to log out, or if GDM or the session quit unexpectedly the user session + will be unregistered from ConsoleKit. + </para> + + <para> + If support for ConsoleKit is not desired it can be disabled at build time using the + --with-console-kit=no option when running configure. + </para> + + </sect1> + <sect1 id="gdmsetupusage"> <title>Using gdmsetup To Configure GDM</title> @@ -4806,7 +4846,7 @@ homogeneous="bool"> </screen> If <filename>distribution-foo-image.png</filename> is a valid image filename it will be used. Otherwise distribution-blah-image.png will - be used if valid. + be used if valid. This feature supported since 2.16.3. </para> </sect3> |