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What is ConsoleKit for?

Could somebody tell me? From the README in /usr/doc:

Code:

What is ConsoleKit?

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ConsoleKit is a framework for defining and tracking users, login

sessions, and seats.



What is a seat?

===============



A seat is a collection of sessions and a set of hardware (usually at

least a keyboard and mouse).  Only one session may be active on a

seat at a time.



What is a session?

==================



A session is a collection of all processes that originate from a single

common ancestor and retain knowledge of a secret.  As an implementation

detail, this secret may be stored in the process environment by the

login manager under the name XDG_SESSION_COOKIE.



More Information

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http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit



Discussion takes place on the HAL list.

http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/hal

Honestly, I have not the least idea what this README is speaking about.

It appears to be a tool for managing and tracking users in an multi-user environment. Consider a workplace where there are a number of users sharing workstations and connecting to centralized services--that's what it for (think "console" = "workstation").

According to this, it's dead, or at least in a coma.

Thank you. I think it won't do any harm if I disable it, which is what I'll do.