Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
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<refnamediv>
<refname>pam_systemd</refname>
- <refpurpose>Register user sessions in the systemd control group hierarchy</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Register user sessions in the systemd login manager</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>pam_systemd</command> registers user
- sessions in the systemd control group
- hierarchy.</para>
+ sessions in the systemd login manager
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ and hence the systemd control group hierarchy.</para>
<para>On login, this module ensures the following:</para>
created and its ownership changed to the user
that is logging in.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>If
- <option>create-session=1</option> is set, the
+ <listitem><para>The
<varname>$XDG_SESSION_ID</varname> environment
variable is initialized. If auditing is
available and
an independent session counter is
used.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>If
- <option>create-session=1</option> is set, a new
- control group
+ <listitem><para>A new control group
<filename>/user/$USER/$XDG_SESSION_ID</filename>
is created and the login process moved into
it.</para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>If
- <option>create-session=0</option> is set, a new
- control group
- <filename>/user/$USER/user</filename>
- is created and the login process moved into
- it.</para></listitem>
-
</orderedlist>
<para>On logout, this module ensures the following:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem><para>If
<varname>$XDG_SESSION_ID</varname> is set and
- <option>kill-session=1</option> specified, all
+ <option>kill-session-processes=1</option> specified, all
remaining processes in the
<filename>/user/$USER/$XDG_SESSION_ID</filename>
control group are killed and the control group
is removed.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>If
- <varname>$XDG_SESSION_ID</varname> is set and
- <option>kill-session=0</option> specified, all
- remaining processes in the
- <filename>/user/$USER/$XDG_SESSION_ID</filename>
- control group are migrated to
- <filename>/user/$USER/user</filename> and
- the original control group is
- removed.</para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>If
- <option>kill-user=1</option> is specified, and
- no other user session control group remains,
- except
- <filename>/user/$USER/user</filename>,
- all remaining processes in the
- <filename>/user/$USER</filename> hierarchy
- are killed and the control group is removed.</para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>If
- <option>kill-user=0</option> is specified, and
- no process remains in the
- <filename>/user/$USER</filename> hierarchy the
- control group is removed.</para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>If the
+ <listitem><para>If the last subgroup of the
<filename>/user/$USER</filename> control group
was removed the
<varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname> directory
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>create-session=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If true, a new session is
- created: the
- <varname>$XDG_SESSION_ID</varname>
- environment variable is set and the
- login process moved to the
- <filename>/user/$USER/$XDG_SESSION_ID</filename>
- control group. It is recommended that
- all services which are directly created
- on the user's behalf set this
- option. Only for services that shall
- automatically be terminated when the
- user logs out completely, otherwise
- <varname>create-session=0</varname>
- should be set.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>kill-session=</option></term>
+ <term><option>kill-session-processes=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
argument. If true, all processes
session.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>kill-user=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If true, all processes
- created by the user during his session
- and from his session will be
- terminated after he logged out
- completely. This is a weaker version
- of <option>kill-session=1</option> and is
- more friendly for users logged in more
- than once, as their processes are
- terminated only on their complete
- logout.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><option>kill-only-users=</option></term>
separated list of user names or
numeric user ids as argument. If this
option is used the effect of the
- <option>kill-session=</option> and
- <option>kill-user=</option> options
+ <option>kill-session-processes=</option> options
will apply only to the listed
users. If this option is not used the
option applies to all local
numeric user ids as argument. Users
listed in this argument will not be
subject to the effect of
- <option>kill-session=</option> or
- <option>kill-user=</option>. Note
- that that this option takes precedence
+ <option>kill-session-processes=</option>. Note
+ that this option takes precedence
over
<option>kill-only-users=</option>, and
hence whatever is listed for
<term><option>controllers=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a comma
- separated list of cgroup controllers
- in which hierarchies a user/session
- cgroup will be created by default for
- each user logging in, in addition to
- the cgroup in the named 'name=systemd'
- hierarchy. If ommited, defaults to an
- empty list. This may be used to move
- user sessions into their own groups in
- the 'cpu' hierarchy which ensures that
- every logged in user gets an equal
- amount of CPU time regardless how many
- processes he has
- started.</para></listitem>
+ separated list of control group
+ controllers in which hierarchies a
+ user/session control group will be
+ created by default for each user
+ logging in, in addition to the control
+ group in the named 'name=systemd'
+ hierarchy. If omitted, defaults to an
+ empty list.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>reset-controllers=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a comma
- separated list of cgroup controllers
- in which hierarchies the logged in
- processes will be reset to the root
- cgroup. If ommited, defaults to 'cpu',
- meaning that a 'cpu' cgroup grouping
- inherited from the login manager will
- be reset for the processes of the
- logged in user.</para></listitem>
+ separated list of control group
+ controllers in which hierarchies the
+ logged in processes will be reset to
+ the root control
+ group.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>class=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a string
+ argument which sets the session class.
+ The XDG_SESSION_CLASS environmental variable
+ takes precedence.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>debug=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+ argument. If yes, the module will log
+ debugging information as it
+ operates.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
- <para>Note that setting <varname>kill-user=1</varname>
- or even <varname>kill-session=1</varname> will break
- tools like
+ <para>Note that setting
+ <varname>kill-session-processes=1</varname> will break tools
+ like
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>screen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ <para>Note that
+ <varname>kill-session-processes=1</varname> is a
+ stricter version of
+ <varname>KillUserProcesses=1</varname> which may be
+ configured system-wide in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
+ former kills processes of a session as soon as it
+ ends, the latter kills processes as soon as the last
+ session of the user ends.</para>
+
<para>If the options are omitted they default to
- <option>create-session=1</option>,
- <option>kill-session=0</option>,
- <option>kill-user=0</option>,
- <option>reset-controllers=cpu</option>,
+ <option>kill-session-processes=0</option>,
<option>kill-only-users=</option>,
- <option>kill-exclude-users=root</option>.</para>
+ <option>kill-exclude-users=</option>,
+ <option>controllers=</option>,
+ <option>reset-controllers=</option>,
+ <option>debug=no</option>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
in again, the directory contents will
have been lost in between, but
applications should not rely on this
- behaviour and must be able to deal with
+ behavior and must be able to deal with
stale files. To store session-private
data in this directory the user should
include the value of <varname>$XDG_SESSION_ID</varname>
password required pam_unix.so
session required pam_unix.so
session required pam_loginuid.so
-session required pam_systemd.so kill-user=1</programlisting>
+session required pam_systemd.so kill-session-processes=1</programlisting>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_loginuid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_loginuid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>