From: dickey@invisible-island.net   
      
   On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 11:59:38PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:   
   > On 2026-02-10 17:06:48 -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote:   
   > > utempter uses setgid, while systemd (whose documentation is per-line of   
   > > code no better than utempter) appears to require root privilege   
   > > (which of course is a big step backwards).   
   >    
   > As I understand the doc, software should not call systemd directly,   
   > but should use PAM, and more specifically, pam_systemd:   
   >    
   >   pam_systemd - Register user sessions in the systemd login manager   
   >    
   > Then, concerning the needed permissions, isn't this controlled by   
   > PAM configuration?   
      
   presumably - but ultimately it's a matter of authentication.   
   How do you suppose xterm would accomplish that?   
      
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