#!/bin/bash # Remember to run this script using the command "source ./filename.sh" # Search these processes for the session variable (they are run as the # current user and have the DBUS session variable set) compatiblePrograms=( nautilus kdeinit kded4 pulseaudio trackerd ) # Attempt to get a program pid for index in ${compatiblePrograms[@]}; do PID=$(pidof -s ${index}) if [[ "${PID}" != "" ]]; then break fi done if [[ "${PID}" == "" ]]; then echo "Could not detect active login session" return 1 fi QUERY_ENVIRON="$(tr '\0' '\n' < /proc/${PID}/environ | grep "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" | cut -d "=" -f 2-)" if [[ "${QUERY_ENVIRON}" != "" ]]; then export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="${QUERY_ENVIRON}" #echo "Connected to dbus session: ${DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}" else echo "Could not find dbus session ID in user environment." return 1 fi return 0