What is console-kit-daemon? How can I disable it?

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Issue

  • I am seeing some console-kit-daemon process in ps output. What is it and how can I disable it?

    # grep kit ps
    root     22681  0.0  0.0 2475372 1216 ?        Sl   Feb07   0:01 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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