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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 1e7fff9868..0642b83923 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -23189,6 +23189,30 @@ input), without requiring the applications needing access to be root. %base-services) @end lisp + +@code{seatd} operates over a UNIX domain socket, with @code{libseat} +providing the client side of the protocol. Applications that acquire +access to the shared resources via @code{seatd} (e.g. @code{sway}) +need to be able to talk to this socket. +This can be achieved by adding the user they run under to the group +owning @code{seatd}'s socket (usually ``seat''), like so: + +@lisp +(user-account + (name "alice") + (group "users") + (supplementary-groups '("wheel" ; allow use of sudo, etc. + "seat" ; seat management + "audio" ; sound card + "video" ; video devices such as webcams + "cdrom")) ; the good ol' CD-ROM + (comment "Bob's sister")) +@end lisp + +Depending on your setup, you will have to not only add regular users, +but also system users to this group. For instance, some greetd greeters +require graphics and therefore also need to negotiate with seatd. + @end defvr @deftp {Data Type} seatd-configuration @@ -23198,10 +23222,7 @@ Configuration record for the seatd daemon service. @item @code{seatd} (default: @code{seatd}) The seatd package to use. -@item @code{user} (default: @samp{"root"}) -User to own the seatd socket. - -@item @code{group} (default: @samp{"users"}) +@item @code{group} (default: @samp{"seat"}) Group to own the seatd socket. @item @code{socket} (default: @samp{"/run/seatd.sock"}) |