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svartkanin merged 4 commits into from
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Add users to seat group when seatd is selected #4578

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Merge upstream master
Softer Jun 3, 2026
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Add users to seat group when seatd is selected
Softer Jun 6, 2026
2d17531
Move seat access provisioning into DesktopProfile.provision()
Softer Jun 8, 2026
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Use top-level imports in seat access utils
Softer Jun 9, 2026
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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion archinstall/default_profiles/desktop.py
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from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Self, override

from archinstall.default_profiles.profile import DisplayServerType, GreeterType, Profile, ProfileType, SelectResult
from archinstall.default_profiles.desktops.utils import provision_seat_access
from archinstall.default_profiles.profile import CustomSetting, DisplayServerType, GreeterType, Profile, ProfileType, SelectResult
from archinstall.lib.log import info
from archinstall.lib.menu.helpers import Selection
from archinstall.lib.profile.profiles_handler import profile_handler
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -94,6 +95,9 @@ def provision(self, install_session: Installer, users: list[User]) -> None:
for profile in self.current_selection:
profile.provision(install_session, users)

if seat_access := profile.custom_settings.get(CustomSetting.SeatAccess):
provision_seat_access(install_session, users, seat_access)

@override
def install(self, install_session: Installer) -> None:
# Install common packages for all desktop environments
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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/utils.py
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from enum import Enum

from archinstall.lib.installer import Installer
from archinstall.lib.menu.helpers import Selection
from archinstall.lib.models.users import User
from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup
from archinstall.tui.result import ResultType
Expand All @@ -11,6 +13,16 @@ class SeatAccess(Enum):
polkit = 'polkit'


def provision_seat_access(
install_session: Installer,
users: list[User],
seat_access: str,
) -> None:
if seat_access == SeatAccess.seatd.value:
for user in users:
install_session.arch_chroot(f'usermod -a -G seat {user.username}')


async def select_seat_access(profile_name: str, default: str | None) -> SeatAccess:
header = tr('{} needs access to your seat').format(profile_name)
header += f' ({tr("collection of hardware devices i.e. keyboard, mouse")})' + '\n'
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