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Dbus-run-session

start a process as a new D-Bus session

DESCRIPTION

dbus-run-session is used to start a session bus instance of dbus-daemon from a shell script, and start a specified program in that session. The dbus-daemon will run for as long as the program does, after which it will terminate.

One use is to run a shell with its own dbus-daemon in a text-mode or SSH session, and have the dbus-daemon terminate automatically on leaving the sub-shell, like this: 

dbus-run-session -- bash

or to replace the login shell altogether, by combining dbus-run-session with the exec builtin: 

exec dbus-run-session -- bash

Another use is to run regression tests and similar things in an isolated D-Bus session, to avoid either interfering with the "real" D-Bus session or relying on there already being a D-Bus session active, for instance: 

dbus-run-session -- make check

or (in automake(1)): 

  AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = export MY_DEBUG=all;
  LOG_COMPILER = dbus-run-session
  AM_LOG_FLAGS = --

See also

  • dbus
  • gnome-keyring-daemon

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