Run a script as root upon user login into XFCE
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I am setting up a "special" environment for user john on my workstation running XFCE desktop. When john signs I want to tweak system configuration which requires root access. I am looking for a way to run a script as root upon user signing into XFCE which would check user name and make tweaks as necessary.
My research led me to the idea of putting my script in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/ and use session-setup-script. But am not sure if it is the right place. I need an advice from a guru.
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I am setting up a "special" environment for user john on my workstation running XFCE desktop. When john signs I want to tweak system configuration which requires root access. I am looking for a way to run a script as root upon user signing into XFCE which would check user name and make tweaks as necessary.
My research led me to the idea of putting my script in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/ and use session-setup-script. But am not sure if it is the right place. I need an advice from a guru.
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I am setting up a "special" environment for user john on my workstation running XFCE desktop. When john signs I want to tweak system configuration which requires root access. I am looking for a way to run a script as root upon user signing into XFCE which would check user name and make tweaks as necessary.
My research led me to the idea of putting my script in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/ and use session-setup-script. But am not sure if it is the right place. I need an advice from a guru.
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I am setting up a "special" environment for user john on my workstation running XFCE desktop. When john signs I want to tweak system configuration which requires root access. I am looking for a way to run a script as root upon user signing into XFCE which would check user name and make tweaks as necessary.
My research led me to the idea of putting my script in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/ and use session-setup-script. But am not sure if it is the right place. I need an advice from a guru.
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Ok, I figured out a working solution just the way I need it.
I created a file /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/kids.conf with content
[Seat:*]
session-setup-script=/root/bin/tweak-sys-config.sh
tweak-sys-config.sh runs as root only once (unlike .profile that may run many times) upon desktop user singin with $USER environment variable initialized to user login.
answered Feb 4 at 4:39
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Ok, I figured out a working solution just the way I need it.
I created a file /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/kids.conf with content
[Seat:*]
session-setup-script=/root/bin/tweak-sys-config.sh
tweak-sys-config.sh runs as root only once (unlike .profile that may run many times) upon desktop user singin with $USER environment variable initialized to user login.
answered Feb 4 at 4:39
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Ok, I figured out a working solution just the way I need it.
I created a file /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/kids.conf with content
[Seat:*]
session-setup-script=/root/bin/tweak-sys-config.sh
tweak-sys-config.sh runs as root only once (unlike .profile that may run many times) upon desktop user singin with $USER environment variable initialized to user login.
answered Feb 4 at 4:39
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up vote
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up vote
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Ok, I figured out a working solution just the way I need it.
I created a file /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/kids.conf with content
[Seat:*]
session-setup-script=/root/bin/tweak-sys-config.sh
tweak-sys-config.sh runs as root only once (unlike .profile that may run many times) upon desktop user singin with $USER environment variable initialized to user login.
answered Feb 4 at 4:39
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230214
Ok, I figured out a working solution just the way I need it.
I created a file /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/kids.conf with content
[Seat:*]
session-setup-script=/root/bin/tweak-sys-config.sh
tweak-sys-config.sh runs as root only once (unlike .profile that may run many times) upon desktop user singin with $USER environment variable initialized to user login.
answered Feb 4 at 4:39
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answered Feb 4 at 4:39
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answered Feb 4 at 4:39
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