<title>Description</title>
<para>These files configure various parameters of the elogind
- login manager,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- </para>
+ login manager.</para>
</refsect1>
<xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="main-conf" />
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
- <para>All options are configured in the
- <literal>[Login]</literal> section:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>KillUserProcesses=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether
- the processes of a user should be killed when the user
- completely logs out (i.e. after the user's last session
- ended). Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
-
- <para>Note that setting <varname>KillUserProcesses=1</varname>
- will break tools like
- <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>screen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>These settings take space-separated lists of
- usernames that influence the effect of
- <varname>KillUserProcesses=</varname>. If not empty, only
- processes of users listed in <varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname>
- will be killed when they log out entirely. Processes of users
- listed in <varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname> are excluded
- from being killed. <varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname>
- defaults to <literal>root</literal> and takes precedence over
- <varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname>, which defaults to the empty
- list.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>IdleAction=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Configures the action to take when the system
- is idle. Takes one of
- <literal>ignore</literal>,
- <literal>poweroff</literal>,
- <literal>reboot</literal>,
- <literal>halt</literal>,
- <literal>kexec</literal>,
- <literal>suspend</literal>,
- <literal>hibernate</literal>,
- <literal>hybrid-sleep</literal>, and
- <literal>lock</literal>.
- Defaults to <literal>ignore</literal>.</para>
-
- <para>Note that this requires that user sessions correctly
- report the idle status to the system. The system will execute
- the action after all sessions report that they are idle, no
- idle inhibitor lock is active, and subsequently, the time
- configured with <varname>IdleActionSec=</varname> (see below)
- has expired.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>IdleActionSec=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Configures the delay after which the action
- configured in <varname>IdleAction=</varname> (see above) is
- taken after the system is idle.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>InhibitDelayMaxSec=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Specifies the maximum time a system shutdown
- or sleep request is delayed due to an inhibitor lock of type
- <literal>delay</literal> being active before the inhibitor is
- ignored and the operation executes anyway. Defaults to
- 5.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>HandlePowerKey=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>HandleSuspendKey=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>HandleHibernateKey=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>HandleLidSwitchDocked=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Controls whether logind shall handle the
- system power and sleep keys and the lid switch to trigger
- actions such as system power-off or suspend. Can be one of
- <literal>ignore</literal>,
- <literal>poweroff</literal>,
- <literal>reboot</literal>,
- <literal>halt</literal>,
- <literal>kexec</literal>,
- <literal>suspend</literal>,
- <literal>hibernate</literal>,
- <literal>hybrid-sleep</literal>, and
- <literal>lock</literal>.
- If <literal>ignore</literal>, logind will never handle these
- keys. If <literal>lock</literal>, all running sessions will be
- screen-locked; otherwise, the specified action will be taken
- in the respective event. Only input devices with the
- <literal>power-switch</literal> udev tag will be watched for
- key/lid switch events. <varname>HandlePowerKey=</varname>
- defaults to <literal>poweroff</literal>.
- <varname>HandleSuspendKey=</varname> and
- <varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname> default to
- <literal>suspend</literal>.
- <varname>HandleLidSwitchDocked=</varname> defaults to
- <literal>ignore</literal>.
- <varname>HandleHibernateKey=</varname> defaults to
- <literal>hibernate</literal>. If the system is inserted in a
- docking station, or if more than one display is connected, the
- action specified by <varname>HandleLidSwitchDocked=</varname>
- occurs; otherwise the <varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname>
- action occurs.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Controls whether actions triggered by the
- power and sleep keys and the lid switch are subject to
- inhibitor locks. These settings take boolean arguments. If
- <literal>no</literal>, the inhibitor locks taken by
- applications in order to block the requested operation are
- respected. If <literal>yes</literal>, the requested operation
- is executed in any case.
- <varname>PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname>,
- <varname>SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname> and
- <varname>HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname> default to
- <literal>no</literal>.
- <varname>LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=</varname> defaults to
- <literal>yes</literal>. This means that the lid switch does
- not respect suspend blockers by default, but the power and
- sleep keys do. </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>HoldoffTimeoutSec=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Specifies the timeout after system startup or
- system resume in which elogind will hold off on reacting to
- LID events. This is required for the system to properly
- detect any hotplugged devices so elogind can ignore LID events
- if external monitors, or docks, are connected. If set to 0,
- elogind will always react immediately, possibly before the
- kernel fully probed all hotplugged devices. This is safe, as
- long as you do not care for elogind to account for devices
- that have been plugged or unplugged while the system was off.
- Defaults to 30s.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>RuntimeDirectorySize=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Sets the size limit on the
- <varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname> runtime directory for each
- user who logs in. Takes a size in bytes, optionally suffixed
- with the usual K, G, M, and T suffixes, to the base 1024
- (IEC). Alternatively, a numerical percentage suffixed by
- <literal>%</literal> may be specified, which sets the size
- limit relative to the amount of physical RAM. Defaults to 10%.
- Note that this size is a safety limit only. As each runtime
- directory is a tmpfs file system, it will only consume as much
- memory as is needed. </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>RemoveIPC=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Controls whether System V and POSIX IPC
- objects belonging to the user shall be removed when the user
- fully logs out. Takes a boolean argument. If enabled, the user
- may not consume IPC resources after the last of the user's
- sessions terminated. This covers System V semaphores, shared
- memory and message queues, as well as POSIX shared memory and
- message queues. Note that IPC objects of the root user are
- excluded from the effect of this setting. Defaults to
- <literal>yes</literal>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- </variablelist>
+ <para>All login options are configured in the
+ <literal>[Login]</literal> section, system sleep options are
+ configured in the <literal>[Sleep]</literal> section.</para>
+
+ <refsect2><title>[Login] section:</title>
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>KillUserProcesses=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether
+ the processes of a user should be killed when the user
+ completely logs out (i.e. after the user's last session
+ ended). Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that setting <varname>KillUserProcesses=1</varname>
+ will break tools like
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>screen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>These settings take space-separated lists of
+ usernames that influence the effect of
+ <varname>KillUserProcesses=</varname>. If not empty, only
+ processes of users listed in <varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname>
+ will be killed when they log out entirely. Processes of users
+ listed in <varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname> are excluded
+ from being killed. <varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname>
+ defaults to <literal>root</literal> and takes precedence over
+ <varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname>, which defaults to the empty
+ list.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>IdleAction=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures the action to take when the system
+ is idle. Takes one of
+ <literal>ignore</literal>,
+ <literal>poweroff</literal>,
+ <literal>reboot</literal>,
+ <literal>halt</literal>,
+ <literal>kexec</literal>,
+ <literal>suspend</literal>,
+ <literal>hibernate</literal>,
+ <literal>hybrid-sleep</literal>, and
+ <literal>lock</literal>.
+ Defaults to <literal>ignore</literal>.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that this requires that user sessions correctly
+ report the idle status to the system. The system will execute
+ the action after all sessions report that they are idle, no
+ idle inhibitor lock is active, and subsequently, the time
+ configured with <varname>IdleActionSec=</varname> (see below)
+ has expired.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>IdleActionSec=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures the delay after which the action
+ configured in <varname>IdleAction=</varname> (see above) is
+ taken after the system is idle.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>InhibitDelayMaxSec=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the maximum time a system shutdown
+ or sleep request is delayed due to an inhibitor lock of type
+ <literal>delay</literal> being active before the inhibitor is
+ ignored and the operation executes anyway. Defaults to
+ 5.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>HandlePowerKey=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>HandleSuspendKey=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>HandleHibernateKey=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>HandleLidSwitchDocked=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Controls whether logind shall handle the
+ system power and sleep keys and the lid switch to trigger
+ actions such as system power-off or suspend. Can be one of
+ <literal>ignore</literal>,
+ <literal>poweroff</literal>,
+ <literal>reboot</literal>,
+ <literal>halt</literal>,
+ <literal>kexec</literal>,
+ <literal>suspend</literal>,
+ <literal>hibernate</literal>,
+ <literal>hybrid-sleep</literal>, and
+ <literal>lock</literal>.
+ If <literal>ignore</literal>, logind will never handle these
+ keys. If <literal>lock</literal>, all running sessions will be
+ screen-locked; otherwise, the specified action will be taken
+ in the respective event. Only input devices with the
+ <literal>power-switch</literal> udev tag will be watched for
+ key/lid switch events. <varname>HandlePowerKey=</varname>
+ defaults to <literal>poweroff</literal>.
+ <varname>HandleSuspendKey=</varname> and
+ <varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname> default to
+ <literal>suspend</literal>.
+ <varname>HandleLidSwitchDocked=</varname> defaults to
+ <literal>ignore</literal>.
+ <varname>HandleHibernateKey=</varname> defaults to
+ <literal>hibernate</literal>. If the system is inserted in a
+ docking station, or if more than one display is connected, the
+ action specified by <varname>HandleLidSwitchDocked=</varname>
+ occurs; otherwise the <varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname>
+ action occurs.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Controls whether actions triggered by the
+ power and sleep keys and the lid switch are subject to
+ inhibitor locks. These settings take boolean arguments. If
+ <literal>no</literal>, the inhibitor locks taken by
+ applications in order to block the requested operation are
+ respected. If <literal>yes</literal>, the requested operation
+ is executed in any case.
+ <varname>PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname>,
+ <varname>SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname> and
+ <varname>HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname> default to
+ <literal>no</literal>.
+ <varname>LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=</varname> defaults to
+ <literal>yes</literal>. This means that the lid switch does
+ not respect suspend blockers by default, but the power and
+ sleep keys do. </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>HoldoffTimeoutSec=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the timeout after system startup or
+ system resume in which elogind will hold off on reacting to
+ LID events. This is required for the system to properly
+ detect any hotplugged devices so elogind can ignore LID events
+ if external monitors, or docks, are connected. If set to 0,
+ elogind will always react immediately, possibly before the
+ kernel fully probed all hotplugged devices. This is safe, as
+ long as you do not care for elogind to account for devices
+ that have been plugged or unplugged while the system was off.
+ Defaults to 30s.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>RuntimeDirectorySize=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Sets the size limit on the
+ <varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname> runtime directory for each
+ user who logs in. Takes a size in bytes, optionally suffixed
+ with the usual K, G, M, and T suffixes, to the base 1024
+ (IEC). Alternatively, a numerical percentage suffixed by
+ <literal>%</literal> may be specified, which sets the size
+ limit relative to the amount of physical RAM. Defaults to 10%.
+ Note that this size is a safety limit only. As each runtime
+ directory is a tmpfs file system, it will only consume as much
+ memory as is needed. </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>RemoveIPC=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Controls whether System V and POSIX IPC objects belonging to the user shall be removed when the
+ user fully logs out. Takes a boolean argument. If enabled, the user may not consume IPC resources after the
+ last of the user's sessions terminated. This covers System V semaphores, shared memory and message queues, as
+ well as POSIX shared memory and message queues. Note that IPC objects of the root user and other system users
+ are excluded from the effect of this setting. Defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2><title>[Sleep] section:</title>
+
+ <para><command>elogind</command> supports three general
+ power-saving modes:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>suspend</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>a low-power state
+ where execution of the OS is paused,
+ and complete power loss might result
+ in lost data, and which is fast to
+ enter and exit. This corresponds to
+ suspend, standby, or freeze states as
+ understood by the kernel.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>hibernate</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>a low-power state
+ where execution of the OS is paused,
+ and complete power loss does not
+ result in lost data, and which might
+ be slow to enter and exit. This
+ corresponds to the hibernation as
+ understood by the kernel.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>hybrid-sleep</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>a low-power state
+ where execution of the OS is paused,
+ which might be slow to enter, and on
+ complete power loss does not result in
+ lost data but might be slower to exit
+ in that case. This mode is called
+ suspend-to-both by the kernel.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SuspendMode=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>HibernateMode=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>HybridSleepMode=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The string to be written to
+ <filename>/sys/power/disk</filename> by elogind.
+ More than one value can be specified by separating
+ multiple values with whitespace. They will be tried
+ in turn, until one is written without error. If
+ neither succeeds, the operation will be aborted.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SuspendState=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>HibernateState=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>HybridSleepState=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The string to be written to
+ <filename>/sys/power/state</filename> by elogind.
+ More than one value can be specified by separating
+ multiple values with whitespace. They will be tried
+ in turn, until one is written without error. If
+ neither succeeds, the operation will be aborted.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect2>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>elogind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>elogind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>elogind-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
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