Wishlist: session-setup- and session-cleanup-script like lightdm

[agaida]

session-setup-script = Script to run when starting a user session (runs as root)
session-cleanup-script = Script to run when quitting a user session (runs as root)

ok, one can use /etc/(x)profile or $HOME/.(x)profile - shellagnostic or the respective shell-files to do setup things - but there is nothing the other way around.

Thats bad for user-mounts, that should be cleaned up at logout or similar tasks.

[davidedmundson]

we load all scripts in /etc/X11/Xresources

they run as the normal user, but you can always set the suid bit on the script to load them as root if you want.

[agaida]

hmm - i think i would like, if sddm would use /etc/X11/Xreset at logout, in that case a clean session cleanup would be possible - and i don't see the point in Xressources, as the handling is only at session start, if i read the code correctly - but i might be mistaken

[eliasp]

@agaida Are there any other use-cases besides user mounts?

IMHO user mounts can be done more cleanly with tools built for this job like:

• pam_mount
• systemd (auto)mount units in a user-session

[agaida]

good point about pam and systemd mounts - some cleanup things on logout, mostly related to network mounts, eventually proper closing of network sessions, but i really don't have a current use case for it as i don't use that things that much.

[agaida]

hmm - systemd mounts are not what i (or any user or admin) want. pam mount dito - a nice session setup script as described and available in every mature DM will be prefered

[davidedmundson]

We have the nice session setup script with the xsession thing in my first comment.

Maybe you could explain what it is you're trying to achieve?

[jleclanche]

Without a solid reason behind this, it won't get done.

[agaida]

This issue is not so important in the moment - maybe i look at sddm again in a year or two. Until then - good luck.

Sorry, no offense - but i don't have the time to invest, there are bigger blockers for me, all of them mentioned in the bugtracker - keyboard-layout, switching languages, all other bugs regarding stability - so i would be glad to use and test sddm when it hits debian/sid and these blockers are gone. The login- and logout-scripts would be used only by a small minority of users - 99,5% will not even know or miss them, so all other bugs and whishes are more important.