Session Management
This chapter introduces session management, and describes
how to set session defaults. The chapter also contains information on sessions
and login scripts.
Introduction to Sessions
sessions
introduction
A session occurs between the time that a user logs in to
the GNOME Desktop and the time that the user logs out. The session manager
starts after the Login Manager authenticates the
user. The session manager enables the user to manage the session. For example,
a user can save the state of a session and return to that session the next
time that the user logs in.
At a minimum, the following applications run in a session:
The session manager, gnome-session.
The GConf X settings daemon, gnome-settings-daemon.
The gnome-panel application, which
runs the panels in the GNOME Desktop.
The Metacity window manager.
Setting Session Defaults
sessions
setting defaults
The following table lists the files that contain default
session information:
File
Description
/usr/share/gnome/default.session
Default session file.
Default session details are stored in this file.
$HOME/.gnome2/session
User session file. When a user modifies the session,
the details are stored in this file.
To set default session details for all users, modify the default session
file.
To restore the default session settings for a user, delete the session
file from the home directory of the user. If no user session file is present,
the default settings in /usr/share/gnome/default.session
are used.
To save the current session as the default session, users can run the gnome-session-save command.