ck-list-sessions(1) User Commands ck-list-sessions(1)NAMEck-list-sessions - Show ConsoleKit Session Information
SYNOPSISck-list-sessions [--all] [--format=format] [--help] [--version]
DESCRIPTIONck-list-sessions is a utility that displays information from the Con‐
soleKit database. By default, only open sessions are shown. The --all
option can be used to display all existing sessions on the system. ck-
list-sessions returns information about each ConsoleKit session. Users
can specify which properties to display via the --format option.
The following properties can be displayed for each session:
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-a, --all Show all ConsoleKit sessions. If this option
is not provided, only open sessions are shown.
-f, --format=format Display information using the specified format.
The format value is a list of properties to
display separated by commas.
-h, --help Display detailed usage message.
-V, --version Display the version of the ck-list-sessions
application.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
ConsoleKit session properties
For each session, the following session properties are displayed:
unix-user The user id value associated with the session.
realname The name of the user associated with the ses‐
sion.
seat The ID for the ConsoleKit Seat associated with
the session.
session-type The ConsoleKit session type. This value is
specified by the "Type" key in the ConsoleKit
session configuration file associated with this
session.
display-type The ConsoleKit display type. This value is
specified by the "DisplayTemplate" key in the
ConsoleKit session configuration file associ‐
ated with this session.
open The value is "TRUE" if the session is open, and
"FALSE" otherwise.
active The value is "TRUE" if the session is active on
the seat to which it is attached, and "FALSE"
otherwise.
x11-display The value of the X11 DISPLAY environment vari‐
able for this session if one is present.
x11-display-device The value of the display device that the X11
display for the session is connected to. If
there is no x11-display set, then this value is
undefined.
display-device The display device associated with the session.
remote-host If the session is not local, the value is the
host name associated with the session. If the
session is local, the value is empty.
is-local The value is "TRUE" if the session is local,
and "FALSE" if remote.
on-since An ISO 8601 date-time string that corresponds
to the time the session started.
login-session-id The value of the login session ID that the
underlying system uses to enforce session
boundaries. If there is no login session ID set
then this value is an empty string.
idle-since-hint An ISO 8601 date-time string that corresponds
to the time of the last change of the idle-
hint. This is a hint used to indicate that the
session may be idle. For sessions with a
x11-display set (ie. graphical sessions), it is
up to each session to delegate the responsibil‐
ity for updating this value. Typically, the
screensaver will set this.
However, for non-graphical sessions with a dis‐
play-device set the Session object itself will
periodically update this value based on the
activity detected on the display-device itself.
This should not be considered authoritative.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Show running sessions.
example% ck-list-sessions
This command would generate output like the following for each session:
SessionSeat1Local:
unix-user = '50'
realname = 'GDM Reserved UID'
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = 'LoginWindow'
display-type = 'Local'
open = 'TRUE'
active = 'TRUE'
x11-display = ':0'
x11-display-device = '/dev/console'
display-device = '/dev/console'
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = 'TRUE'
on-since = '2009-08-11T06:46:42.941134Z'
login-session-id = ''
idle-since-hint = ''
Example 2: Show only the session-id, unix-user, and display-type prop‐
erties.
example% ck-list-sessions --format="session-id,unix-user,display-type"
This command would generate output like the following for each session:
SessionSeat1Local 50 Local
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/ck-list-sessions
Executable for Show ConsoleKit Session Information.
/etc/ConsoleKit/session.d
ConsoleKit session configuration files.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │library/xdg/consolekit │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Volatile │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOck-history(1), ck-launch-session(1), ck-seat-tool(1m), console-kit-dae‐
mon(1m), gdm(1m), attributes(5)NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2009. Copyright (c)
2009 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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