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man: Explain the session thing a bit better

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Kenny Levinsen
2020-03-28 14:02:09 +01:00
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@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ greeter process like agreety(1) to handle that aspect.
# OPERATION
greetd creates, authenticates and starts *sessions*. When greetd is launched,
as no session is pending start yet, greetd starts the configured *greeter*.
greetd operates on *sessions*. A greeter creates a session, attempts to
authenticate a user in it, and finally, uses it start an arbitrary
application. When greetd is launched, as no session is pending start yet,
greetd starts the configured *greeter*, which is simply a pre-configured
auto-login session.
An IPC socket is exposed to this greeter, as reported by *GREETD_SOCK*. The
greeter can use this to create, authenticate and finally start a session. For