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@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
 
   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>
 
         <refentryinfo>
                 <title>loginctl</title>
 
                 <variablelist>
                         <varlistentry>
 
                 <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>
+                                <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
 
 
-                                <listitem><para>Prints a short version
-                                string and exits.</para></listitem>
+                                <listitem><para>Do not query the user
+                                for authentication for privileged
+                                operations.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
@@ -91,7 +85,7 @@
                                 <term><option>--property=</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>When showing
                                 <term><option>--property=</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>When showing
-                                session/user properties, limit
+                                session/user/seat properties, limit
                                 display to certain properties as
                                 specified as argument. If not
                                 specified, all set properties are
                                 display to certain properties as
                                 specified as argument. If not
                                 specified, all set properties are
                                 <term><option>--all</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>When showing
                                 <term><option>--all</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>When showing
-                                unit/job/manager properties, show all
-                                properties regardless whether they are
+                                session/user/seat properties, show all
+                                properties regardless of whether they are
                                 set or not.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 set or not.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 <term><option>-l</option></term>
                                 <term><option>--full</option></term>
 
                                 <term><option>-l</option></term>
                                 <term><option>--full</option></term>
 
-                                <listitem><para>Do not ellipsize cgroup
-                                members.</para>
+                                <listitem><para>Do not ellipsize
+                                process tree entries.</para>
                                 </listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 </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-ask-password</option></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Do not query the user
-                                for authentication for privileged
-                                operations.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--kill-who=</option></term>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--kill-who=</option></term>
 
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>-H</option></term>
-                                <term><option>--host</option></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Execute 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>
+                                <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>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>-P</option></term>
-                                <term><option>--privileged</option></term>
+                                <term><option>-o</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--output=</option></term>
 
 
-                                <listitem><para>Acquire privileges via
-                                PolicyKit before executing the
-                                operation.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
+                                <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="no-pager" />
+                        <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-legend" />
+                        <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+                        <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
                 </variablelist>
                 </variablelist>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Commands</title>
 
                 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
 
 
                 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
 
-                <variablelist>
+                <refsect2><title>Session Commands</title><variablelist>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>list-sessions</command></term>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>list-sessions</command></term>
 
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>session-status [ID...]</command></term>
+                                <term><command>session-status</command> <optional><replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</optional></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show terse runtime
                                 status information about one or more
 
                                 <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>
                                 <command>show-session</command>
                                 instead.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>show-session [ID...]</command></term>
+                                <term><command>show-session</command> <optional><replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</optional></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show properties of one
                                 or more sessions or the manager
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show properties of one
                                 or more sessions or the manager
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>activate [ID...]</command></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> <optional><replaceable>ID</replaceable></optional></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. Takes a session
+                                identifier as argument. If no argument
+                                is specified the session of the caller
+                                is put into
+                                foreground.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>lock-session [ID...]</command></term>
-                                <term><command>unlock-session [ID...]</command></term>
+                                <term><command>lock-session</command> <optional><replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</optional></term>
+                                <term><command>unlock-session</command> <optional><replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</optional></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Activates/deactivates
                                 the screen lock on one or more
 
                                 <listitem><para>Activates/deactivates
                                 the screen lock on one or more
-                                sessions, if the session supports it.</para></listitem>
+                                sessions, if the session supports
+                                it. Takes one or more session
+                                identifiers as arguments. If no
+                                argument is specified the session of
+                                the caller is locked/unlocked.
+                                </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Activates/deactivates
                                 the screen lock on all current
 
                                 <listitem><para>Activates/deactivates
                                 the screen lock on all current
-                                sessions supporting
-                                it.</para></listitem>
+                                sessions supporting it.
+                                </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>terminate-session [ID...]</command></term>
+                                <term><command>terminate-session</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
 
 
-                                <listitem><para>Terminates a
-                                session. This kills all processes of
-                                the session and deallocates all
-                                resources attached to the
-                                session.</para></listitem>
+                                <listitem><para>Terminates a session.
+                                This kills all processes of the
+                                session and deallocates all resources
+                                attached to the session.
+                                </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>kill-session [ID...]</command></term>
+                                <term><command>kill-session</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Send a signal to one
                                 or more processes of the session. Use
 
                                 <listitem><para>Send a signal to one
                                 or more processes of the session. Use
                                 <option>--signal=</option> to select
                                 the signal to send.</para></listitem>
                         </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>
                                 <term><command>list-users</command></term>
 
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>user-status [USER...]</command></term>
+                                <term><command>user-status</command> <optional><replaceable>USER</replaceable>...</optional></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show terse runtime
                                 status information about one or more
 
                                 <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.</para></listitem>
+                                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>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>show-user [USER...]</command></term>
+                                <term><command>show-user</command> <optional><replaceable>USER</replaceable>...</optional></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show properties of one
                                 or more users or the manager
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show properties of one
                                 or more users or the manager
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>enable-linger [USER...]</command></term>
-                                <term><command>disable-linger [USER...]</command></term>
+                                <term><command>enable-linger</command> <optional><replaceable>USER</replaceable>...</optional></term>
+                                <term><command>disable-linger</command> <optional><replaceable>USER</replaceable>...</optional></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Enable/disable user
                                 lingering for one or more users. If
                                 enabled for a specific user, a user
 
                                 <listitem><para>Enable/disable user
                                 lingering for one or more users. If
                                 enabled for a specific user, a user
-                                manager is spawned for him/her at
+                                manager is spawned for the user at
                                 boot and kept around after
                                 logouts. This allows users who are not
                                 logged in to run long-running
                                 boot and kept around after
                                 logouts. This allows users who are not
                                 logged in to run long-running
-                                services.</para></listitem>
+                                services. Takes one or more user names
+                                or numeric UIDs as argument. If no
+                                argument is specified enables/disables
+                                lingering for the user of the session
+                                of the caller.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>terminate-user [USER...]</command></term>
+                                <term><command>terminate-user</command> <replaceable>USER</replaceable>...</term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Terminates all
                                 sessions of a user. This kills all
                                 processes of all sessions of the user
                                 and deallocates all runtime resources
 
                                 <listitem><para>Terminates all
                                 sessions of a user. This kills all
                                 processes of all sessions of the user
                                 and deallocates all runtime resources
-                                attached to the
-                                user.</para></listitem>
+                                attached to the user.
+                                </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>kill-user [USER...]</command></term>
+                                <term><command>kill-user</command> <replaceable>USER</replaceable>...</term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Send a signal to all
                                 processes of a user. Use
                                 <option>--signal=</option> to select
                                 the signal to send.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Send a signal to all
                                 processes of a user. Use
                                 <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>
                                 <term><command>list-seats</command></term>
 
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>seat-status [NAME...]</command></term>
+                                <term><command>seat-status</command> <optional><replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</optional></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show terse runtime
                                 status information about one or more
 
                                 <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>
                                 output. If you are looking for
                                 computer-parsable output, use
                                 <command>show-seat</command>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>show-seat [NAME...]</command></term>
+                                <term><command>show-seat</command> <optional><replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</optional></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show properties of one
                                 or more seats or the manager
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show properties of one
                                 or more seats or the manager
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>attach [NAME] [DEVICE...]</command></term>
+                                <term><command>attach</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>DEVICE</replaceable>...</term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Persistently attach
                                 one or more devices to a seat. The
 
                                 <listitem><para>Persistently attach
                                 one or more devices to a seat. The
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>terminate-seat [NAME...]</command></term>
+                                <term><command>terminate-seat</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Terminates all
                                 sessions on a seat. This kills all
 
                                 <listitem><para>Terminates all
                                 sessions on a seat. This kills all
-                                processes of all sessions on a seat and
-                                deallocates all runtime resources
+                                processes of all sessions on the seat
+                                and deallocates all runtime resources
                                 attached to them.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 attached to them.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
-                </variablelist>
+                </variablelist></refsect2>
 
         </refsect1>
 
 
         </refsect1>
 
                 code otherwise.</para>
         </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>
-                        </varlistentry>
-                </variablelist>
-        </refsect1>
+        <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" />
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>See Also</title>
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>See Also</title>