NAME¶

sesman.ini - Configuration file for sesman(8)

DESCRIPTION¶

This is the man page for sesman.ini, sesman(8) configuration file. It is composed by a number of sections, each one composed by a section name, enclosed by square brackets, folowed by a list of <parameter>=<value> lines. sesman.ini supports the following sections:

[Globals] - sesman global configuration section,

 

[Logging] - logging subsystem parameters

 

[Security] - Access control parameters

 

[Sessions] - Session management parameters

 

All options and values (except for file names and paths) are case insensitive, and are described in detail below. For any of the following parameter, if it's specified more than one time the last entry encountered will be used. NOTE: if any of these options is specified outside its section, it will be ignored.

GLOBALS¶

The options to be specified in the [globals] section are the following:

 

 

ListenAddress=ip address

Specifies sesman listening address. Default is 0.0.0.0 (all interfaces)

 

 

ListenPort=port number

Specifies sesman listening port. Default is 3350

 

 

EnableUserWindowManager=[0|1]

If set to 1, true or yes this option enables user specific window manager, that is, anyone can define it's own script executed by sesman when starting a new session, specified by UserWindowManager

 

 

UserWindowManager=startwm.sh

This option specifies the script run by sesman when starting a session and per-user window manager is enabled.

 

The path is relative to user's HOME directory

 

 

DefaultWindowManager=${SESMAN_BIN_DIR}/startwm.sh

This contains full path to the default window manager startup script used by sesman to start a session

LOGGING¶

The following parameters can be used in the [logging] section:

 

 

LogFile=${SESMAN_LOG_DIR}/sesman.log

This options contains the path to logfile. It can be either absolute or relative, and the default is ${SESMAN_LOG_DIR}/sesman.log

 

 

LogLevel=level

This option can have one of the following values:

 

CORE or 0 - Log only core messages. these messages are _always_ logged, regardless the logging level selected.

 

ERROR or 1 - Log only error messages

 

WARNING, WARN or 2 - Logs warnings and error messages

 

INFO or 3 - Logs errors, warnings and informational messages

 

DEBUG or 4 - Log everything. If sesman is compiled in debug mode, this options will output many more low-level message, useful for developers

 

 

EnableSyslog=[0|1]

If set to 1, true or yes this option enables logging to syslog. Otherwise syslog is disabled.

 

 

SyslogLevel=level

This option sets the logging level for syslog. It can have the same values of LogLevel. If SyslogLevel is greater than LogLevel, its value is lowered to that of LogLevel.

SESSIONS¶

The following parameters can be used in the [Sessions] section:

 

 

MaxSessions=<number>

Sets the maximum number of simultaneous session on terminal server.

 

If unset or set to 0, unlimited session are allowed.

 

 

KillDisconnected=[0|1]

If set to 1, true or yes, every session will be killed when the user disconnects.

 

-this option is currently ignored!-

 

 

IdleTimeLimit=<number>

Sets the the time limit before an idle session is disconnected.

 

If set to 0, automatic disconnection is disabled.

 

-this option is currently ignored!-

 

 

DisconnectedTimeLimit=<number>

Sets the the time limit before a disconnected session is killed.

 

If set to 0, automatic killing is disabled.

 

-this option is currently ignored!-

 

SECURITY¶

The following parameters can be used in the [Sessions] section:

 

 

AllowRootLogin=[0|1]

If set to 1, true or yes enables root login on the terminal server

 

 

MaxLoginRetry=[0|1]

The number of login attempts that are allowed on terminal server. If set to 0, unlimited attempts are allowed. The default value for this field is 3.

 

 

TerminalServerUsers=tsusers

Only the users belonging to the group tsusers are allowed to login on terminal server.

 

If unset or set to an invalid or non-existent group, login for all users is enabled.

 

 

TerminalServerAdmins=tsadmins

Sets the group which a user shall belong to have session management rights.

 

-this option is currently ignored!-

 

EXAMPLES¶

This is an example sesman.ini: [Globals] ListenAddress=127.0.0.1 ListenPort=3350 EnableUserWindowManager=1 UserWindowManager=startwm.sh DefaultWindowManager=startwm.sh [Logging] LogFile=/usr/local/xrdp/sesman.log LogLevel=DEBUG EnableSyslog=0 SyslogLevel=DEBUG [Sessions] MaxSessions=10 KillDisconnected=0 IdleTimeLimit=0 DisconnectedTimeLimit=0 [Security] AllowRootLogin=1 MaxLoginRetry=3 TerminalServerUsers=tsusers TerminalServerAdmins=tsadmins

FILES¶

${SESMAN_CFG_DIR}/sesman.ini

SEE ALSO¶

sesman(8) sesrun(8) xrdp(8) xrdp.ini(5) for more info on xrdp see http://xrdp.sf.net