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Old 06-17-2009
Question To find the session.
Dear friends,
I am using Debian linux. I need to run a program whenever a user login to the system.
I want to know whether the user is attempting to login through X session or konsole(ctrl+alt+1). If the user login through X session, I have run a different program and If in konsole, I need to run a different program.


My question is, How can I know that how the user has logged in(X session or Konsole).??

Help me to proceed!!!
Last edited by nagalenoj; 06-17-2009 at 08:23 AM..
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Old 06-17-2009
In the global resource file(s) for their shell(s), add a check whether $DISPLAY is set or not. If not, it's the console, if it's set it's a terminal emulation started in X (although it won't tell you anything about the session being interactive or not)
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Old 06-22-2009
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