Notify non-desktop user sessions #9

sdicke commented 2020年05月17日 05:53:13 +02:00

If a user is logged in without running at least a desktop session, then sendNotificationToUser should fail.

A possible solution is to use write, but this comes with the problem, that the usability of interactive programs could be disrupted, especially programs who uses libncurses. Maybe there is a way to detect such programs before selecting a tty.

If a user is logged in without running at least a desktop session, then sendNotificationToUser should fail. A possible solution is to use write, but this comes with the problem, that the usability of interactive programs could be disrupted, especially programs who uses libncurses. Maybe there is a way to detect such programs before selecting a tty.

j.r commented 2020年05月17日 19:23:12 +02:00

Is there even a proper way to find out if a user has a desktop session or not?

Is there even a proper way to find out if a user has a desktop session or not?

sdicke commented 2020年05月18日 17:50:16 +02:00

I don`t know. Systemds loginctl can detect it. But if it is not available it could be not very easy. One way could be parsing the output of ps.

I don`t know. Systemds *loginctl* can detect it. But if it is not available it could be not very easy. One way could be parsing the output of *ps*.

sdicke commented 2020年05月18日 17:55:49 +02:00

I`m experimenting with a way to dectect a suitable tty to inform the user in non-GUI sessions. It is not ready for a pull request know. But I believe that I found a way to dectect terminals without running interactive programs. But probably it would fail with terminals with background jobs and with shells with unusual names.

I`m experimenting with a way to dectect a suitable tty to inform the user in non-GUI sessions. It is not ready for a pull request know. But I believe that I found a way to dectect terminals without running interactive programs. But probably it would fail with terminals with background jobs and with shells with unusual names.

j.r commented 2020年05月18日 18:09:22 +02:00

I don`t know. Systemds loginctl can detect it. But if it is not available it could be not very easy. One way could be parsing the output of ps.

Maybe we should make loginctl a dependency 🤔 but then we'll get problems with systemd haters...

> I don`t know. Systemds *loginctl* can detect it. But if it is not available it could be not very easy. One way could be parsing the output of *ps*. Maybe we should make loginctl a dependency 🤔 but then we'll get problems with systemd haters...

nuron commented 2020年05月18日 18:17:50 +02:00

Well..
I would prefere as little dependencies as possible.

And another point is the usecase.
I "developed" this script for normal users that are using a GUI.
So for me and the usecase I've had here this is not needed.
Sure, if it is well working there is no reason to don't support systems/users without GUI.

At all, it is not my first priority. And not the second either.

But feel free to think of it ;)

Well.. I would prefere as little dependencies as possible. And another point is the usecase. I "developed" this script for normal users that are using a GUI. So for me and the usecase I've had here this is not needed. Sure, if it is well working there is no reason to don't support systems/users without GUI. At all, it is not my first priority. And not the second either. But feel free to think of it ;)