---
name: "sesman"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "xrdp"
version: "0.4.0~dfsg-9"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sesman"
---

# sesman(8)

xrdp(8) session manager

## NAME

**sesman** - [**xrdp**(8)](/xrdp/8.md) session manager

## SYNTAX

sesman \[ --nodaemon \| --kill \| --help \]

## DESCRIPTION

**sesman** is [**xrdp**(8)](/xrdp/8.md) session manager. \
 It manages user sessions by authenticating the user and starting the appropriate Xserver

## OPTIONS

- **-n**, **--nodaemon**

  Starts **sesman** in foreground instead of starting it as a daemon.

- **-k**, **--kill**

  Kills running **sesman** daemon.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Output help information and exit.

## FILES

/usr/bin/sesman\
 /usr/bin/sesrun\
 /etc/xrdp/sesman.ini\
 /var/log/sesman.log\
 /var/run/xrdp/sesman.pid

## AUTHORS

Jay Sorg \<jsorg71@users.sourceforge.net\>\
 Simone Fedele \<ilsimo@users.sourceforge.net\>

## SEE ALSO

[sesman.ini(5)](/sesman.ini/5.md) sesrun(8) [xrdp(8)](/xrdp/8.md) [xrdp.ini(5)](/xrdp.ini/5.md)

for more info on **xrdp** see http://xrdp.sf.net