3 Cage requires additional setup for privilege escalation. Without this setup,
4 Cage will fail to start with session activation permission failures. Choose one
5 of the two available options (In alphabetical, not recommended, order):
7 1. polkit: This will make Cage "just work" right after installation but may be
8 a weightier solution than desired.
10 2. seatd: Already required as a cage dependency, this is a lighter-weight
11 solution but requires some user configuration: Enable the service,
12 add your user to the "seat" group, then log out/in again.
14 Either option should provide the same functionality/stability. For more
15 information, refer to the Sway wiki page, which requires a similar setup (both
16 are based on wlroots).
22 Cage's necessary privileges can now be obtained through seatd as well as the
23 incumbent polkit package. As such, polkit has been relegated to an optional
26 Note that using seatd instead of polkit means that a user must be a part of the
27 "seat" group: Otherwise, the user will not be able to achieve the appropriate
30 For more information, refer to the Sway wiki page, which requires a similar
31 setup (both are based on wlroots).