Adding 4 devices no longer requires typing in the root password 4 times with EasySeats.
I had a thought earlier today that it would be nice if loginctl(systemd) could accept multiple device addresses with only one attach command. In all that I have read about loginctl, I have never seen anybody do it this way before. To be clear what I mean is this. To add multiple devices, I had always assumed that this was necessary: loginctl attach seat1 (device) loginctl attach seat1 (device) loginctl attach seat1 (device) Etc, etc. Tonight after work I attempted adding multiple devices on one line. I was happy to learn that what I was seeking is already in place. loginctl will happily work as follows: loginctl attach seat1 (device) (device) (device) (device) (device) The best part is, systemd is smart enough that the video card does not necessarily have to be the first device in the list. It just has to be present in the list. After rebooting, all the devices I expected were present on seat1. I tested this with 5 devices on a Solus Linux multiseated install. One thing I do not want for EasySeats (if I can avoid it) is to have the program store the root password in any way. EasySeats .06 is now available on GitHub in source or as an executable .jar file. github.com/ezst036
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