Difference between revisions of "OpenRC, an alternative to systemd"

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==== Consolekit ====
==== Consolekit ====


You may also wish to install '''consolekit-openrc''', which supports multi-user setups, mounting of partitions by unauthorised users, etc. See the [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ConsoleKit Gentoo-Wiki] for more details.
You may also wish to install '''consolekit-openrc''', which supports multi-user setups, mounting of partitions by unauthorized users, etc. See the [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ConsoleKit Gentoo-Wiki] for more details.


Only caveat of installing consolekit is that it requires ''polkit-consolekit'', which conflicts with the normal polkit; so if you boot to systemd you wont be able to mount partitions if you are not in the storage group.
Only caveat of installing consolekit is that it requires ''polkit-consolekit'', which conflicts with the normal polkit; so if you boot to systemd you wont be able to mount partitions if you are not in the storage group.
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Consolekit also allows a normal (non-root) user to shutdown or restart the system if the desktop environment supports it.
Consolekit also allows a normal (non-root) user to shutdown or restart the system if the desktop environment supports it.
See the [[Openrc#Using_Consolekit | Using Consolekit]] section on how to install and for more info.


==== openrc-desktop ====
==== openrc-desktop ====
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