along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-->
-<refentry id="loginctl" conditional='ENABLE_LOGIND'>
+<refentry id="loginctl" conditional='ENABLE_LOGIND'
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>loginctl</title>
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-h</option></term>
- <term><option>--help</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Prints a short help
- text and exits.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--version</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Prints a short version
- string and exits.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a
- pager.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-legend</option></term>
operations.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-H</option></term>
- <term><option>--host</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Execute the operation
- remotely. Specify a hostname, or
- username and hostname separated by <literal>@</literal>,
- to connect to. This will use SSH to
- talk to the remote login manager
- instance.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-M</option></term>
- <term><option>--machine=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Execute the operation on a
- local container. Specify a container
- name to connect to.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-p</option></term>
<term><option>--property=</option></term>
<constant>SIGTERM</constant>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-n</option></term>
+ <term><option>--lines=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with
+ <command>user-status</command> and
+ <command>session-status</command>,
+ controls the number of journal lines
+ to show, counting from the most recent
+ ones. Takes a positive integer
+ argument. Defaults to 10.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-o</option></term>
+ <term><option>--output=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with
+ <command>user-status</command> and
+ <command>session-status</command>,
+ controls the formatting of the journal
+ entries that are shown. For the
+ available choices, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ Defaults to
+ <literal>short</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
</variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Commands</title>
<para>The following commands are understood:</para>
- <variablelist>
+ <refsect2><title>Session Commands</title><variablelist>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><command>list-sessions</command></term>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>session-status</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
+ <term><command>session-status</command> <optional><replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</optional></term>
<listitem><para>Show terse runtime
status information about one or more
- sessions. This function is intended to
- generate human-readable output. If you
- are looking for computer-parsable
- output, use
+ sessions, followed by the most recent
+ log data from the journal. Takes one
+ or more session identifiers as
+ parameters. If no session identifiers
+ are passed the status of the caller's
+ session is shown. This function is
+ intended to generate human-readable
+ output. If you are looking for
+ computer-parsable output, use
<command>show-session</command>
instead.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>activate</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
-
- <listitem><para>Activate one or more
- sessions. This brings one or more
- sessions into the foreground, if
- another session is currently in the
- foreground on the respective
- seat.</para></listitem>
+ <term><command>activate</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Activate a
+ session. This brings a session into
+ the foreground, if another session is
+ currently in the foreground on the
+ respective seat.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>--signal=</option> to select
the signal to send.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ </variablelist></refsect2>
+ <refsect2><title>User Commands</title><variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>list-users</command></term>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>user-status</command> <replaceable>USER</replaceable>...</term>
+ <term><command>user-status</command> <optional><replaceable>USER</replaceable>...</optional></term>
<listitem><para>Show terse runtime
status information about one or more
- logged in users. This function is
- intended to generate human-readable
- output. If you are looking for
- computer-parsable output, use
- <command>show-user</command> instead.
- Users may be specified by their
- usernames or numeric user IDs.
+ logged in users, followed by the most
+ recent log data from the
+ journal. Takes one or more user names
+ or numeric user IDs as parameters. If
+ no parameters are passed the status of
+ the caller's user is shown. This
+ function is intended to generate
+ human-readable output. If you are
+ looking for computer-parsable output,
+ use <command>show-user</command>
+ instead. Users may be specified by
+ their usernames or numeric user IDs.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<option>--signal=</option> to select
the signal to send.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ </variablelist></refsect2>
+ <refsect2><title>Seat Commands</title><variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>list-seats</command></term>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>seat-status</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+ <term><command>seat-status</command> <optional><replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</optional></term>
<listitem><para>Show terse runtime
status information about one or more
- seats. This function is
- intended to generate human-readable
+ seats. Takes one or more seat names as
+ parameters. If no seat names are
+ passed the status of the caller's
+ session's seat is shown. This function
+ is intended to generate human-readable
output. If you are looking for
computer-parsable output, use
<command>show-seat</command>
and deallocates all runtime resources
attached to them.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
+ </variablelist></refsect2>
</refsect1>
code otherwise.</para>
</refsect1>
- <refsect1>
- <title>Environment</title>
-
- <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Pager to use when
- <option>--no-pager</option> is not given;
- overrides <varname>$PAGER</varname>. Setting
- this to an empty string or the value
- <literal>cat</literal> is equivalent to passing
- <option>--no-pager</option>.</para></listitem>
- <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_LESS</varname></term>
- <listitem><para><varname>$SYSTEMD_LESS</varname> overrides the
- default options passed to <literal>less</literal>
- (<literal>FRSXMK</literal>).</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
+ <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" />
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>