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.TH "dde\-seatd" "1" "2026\-07\-28"
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.SH NAME
.PP
dde\-seatd \- A seat management daemon
.PP
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBdde\-seatd\fR [options]
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB\-h\fR
.RS 4
Show help message and quit.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-n <fd>\fR
.RS 4
FD to notify readiness on.\& A single newline will be written and the fd
closed when seatd is ready to serve requests.\& This is compatible with
s6'\&s notification protocol.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-s <path>\fR
.RS 4
Override the libseat\-compatible socket path.\& If not specified, dde\-seatd
uses the compile\-time default path.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-c <path>\fR
.RS 4
Enable the DDE control socket at the specified path.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-u <user>\fR
.RS 4
User to own the seatd socket.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-g <group>\fR
.RS 4
Group to own the seatd socket.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-l <loglevel>\fR
.RS 4
Log\-level to use.\& Must be one of debug, info, error or silent.\& Defaults
to error.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-v\fR
.RS 4
Show the version number and quit.\&
.PP
.RE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
dde\-seatd provides central seat management, mediating access to shared resources
such as displays and input devices in a multi\-session, multi\-seat environment.\&
.PP
seatd operates over a UNIX domain socket, with \fBlibseat\fR providing the
client\-side of the protocol.\&
.PP
The libseat\-compatible socket path defaults to the compile\-time location, but
can be overridden with \fB\-s\fR.\& When \fB\-c\fR is specified, dde\-seatd also exposes a
separate DDE control socket used by DDM to manage grouped VTs.\&
.PP
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.PP
\fBSEATD_VTBOUND\fR
.RS 4
If set to "0", the seat will not be bound to a VT.\&
.PP
.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
The DDE libseat\-compatible library, \fB<libseat.\&h>\fR, \fBdde\-seatd\-launch\fR(1)
.PP
.SH AUTHORS
.PP
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/\(tikennylevinsen/seatd.\&