seatd-launch(1) # NAME seatd-launch - Start a process with its own seatd instance # SYNOPSIS *seatd-launch* [options] [--] command # OPTIONS *-h* Show help message and quit. *-s * Where to create the seatd socket. Defaults to a unique file path. *-v* Show the version number and quit. # DESCRIPTION seatd-launch starts a seatd instance with a dedicated socket path, waits for it to be ready, and starts the specified command with SEATD_SOCK set appropriately. Once the specified command terminates, the seatd instance is also terminated. seatd requires root privileges to perform its tasks. This can be achieved through SUID of seatd-launch or by running seatd-launch as root. seatd-launch will drop privileges from the effective user to the real user before running the specified command. If the real user is root, this is simply a noop. You should only run seatd-launch as root if you intend for the specified command to run as root as well. seatd-launch serves a similar purpose to the libseat "builtin" backend, but is superior to it for two reasons: . The specified command never runs as root . The standard seatd executable and libseat backend is used # EXIT STATUS seatd-launch exits with the status of its child. When the child terminates on a signal _N_, seatd-launch exits with the status 128 + _N_. If seatd-launch fails because of another error, it exits with a non-zero status. # SEE ALSO The libseat library, **, *seatd*(1) # AUTHORS Maintained by Kenny Levinsen , who is assisted by other open-source contributors. For more information about seatd development, see https://sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd.