dde-seatd-launch(1)         General Commands Manual        dde-seatd-launch(1)

NAME
       dde-seatd-launch - Start a process with its own dde-seatd instance

SYNOPSIS
       dde-seatd-launch [options] [--] command

OPTIONS
       -l <loglevel>
           Log-level to pass to dde-seatd. See dde-seatd(1) for information
           about available log-levels.

       -h
           Show help message and quit.

       -v
           Show the version number and quit.

DESCRIPTION
       dde-seatd-launch starts a dde-seatd instance with a dedicated socket
       path, waits for it to be ready, and starts the specified command with
       SEATD_SOCK set appropriately. Once the specified command terminates,
       the dde-seatd instance is also terminated.

       dde-seatd requires root privileges to perform its tasks. This can be
       achieved through SUID of dde-seatd-launch or by running
       dde-seatd-launch as root. dde-seatd-launch will drop privileges from
       the effective user to the real user before running the specified
       command. If the real user is root, this is simply a noop. You should
       only run dde-seatd-launch as root if you intend for the specified
       command to run as root as well.

       dde-seatd-launch serves a similar purpose to the libseat "builtin"
       backend, but is superior to it for two reasons:
       1.  The specified command never runs as root
       2.  The standard dde-seatd executable and DDE libseat-compatible
           backend is used

EXIT STATUS
       dde-seatd-launch exits with the status of its child. When the child
       terminates on a signal N, dde-seatd-launch exits with the status 128 +
       N.

       If dde-seatd-launch fails because of another error, it exits with a
       non-zero status.

SEE ALSO
       The DDE libseat-compatible library, <libseat.h>, dde-seatd(1)

AUTHORS
       Maintained by Kenny Levinsen <contact@kl.wtf>, who is assisted by other
       open-source contributors. For more information about seatd development,
       see https://sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd.

                                  2026-07-28               dde-seatd-launch(1)