Bug 33702

Summary:	provide X session cookie to root
Product:	ConsoleKit	Reporter:	bugs.freedesktop.org
Component:	Daemon	Assignee:	william.jon.mccann
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description bugs.freedesktop.org 2011-01-29 14:30:37 UTC

Currently there is no uniform way to obtain a X session cookie as root. gdm exports it if the caller is root, kdm on the other hand doesn't.
I think the correct place to obtain the cookie should be console kit, as it already knows the available x sessions.

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