</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
- <para><filename>logind.conf</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/etc/systemd/logind.conf</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para>This files configures various parameters of the systemd login manager.</para>
+ <para>This file configures various parameters of the systemd login manager <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</refsect1>
<term><varname>NAutoVTs=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a positive
- integer. How many virtual terminals to
- allocate by default and when switched
- to autospawn <literal>autovt</literal>
- services on (if they are otherwise
- unused). These services are
- instantiated from a template of
+ integer. Configures how many virtual
+ terminals to allocate by default that
+ -- when switched to --
+ <literal>autovt</literal> services are
+ automatically spawned on. These
+ services are instantiated from the
+ template
<filename>autovt@.service</filename>
with the virtual terminal TTY name,
e.g. <filename>autovt@tty4.service</filename>. By
<filename>getty@.service</filename>,
i.e. login prompts are started
dynamically as the user switches to
- unused virtual terminals, and this
+ unused virtual terminals. This
parameter hence controls how many
gettys are available on the virtual
terminals. Defaults to 6. When set to
<listitem><para>These settings control
the default control group hierarchies
- users logging are added to. When
+ users logging in are added to. When
logging in users will get private
control groups in all hierarchies
listed in
time a system shutdown or sleep
request is delayed due to an inhibitor
lock of type <literal>delay</literal>
- being taken before it is ignored and
- the operation executed
+ being active -- before it is ignored
+ and the operation executed
anyway. Defaults to
5s.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
and sleep keys and the lid switch to
trigger system power-off or
suspend. Can be one of
- <literal>no</literal>,
- <literal>yes</literal> and
+ <literal>off</literal>,
+ <literal>no-session</literal>,
+ <literal>tty-session</literal>,
+ <literal>any-session</literal> and
<literal>always</literal>. If
- <literal>no</literal> logind will
+ <literal>off</literal> logind will
never handle these keys. If
- <literal>yes</literal> logind will
- handle these keys when no user is
+ <literal>no-session</literal> logind
+ will handle these keys when no user is
logged in and no inhibitor lock is
- taken, and trigger a warnig beep
+ taken, and trigger a warning beep
otherwise. If set to
+ <literal>tty-session</literal> logind
+ will handle these keys if no inhibitor
+ lock is taken, and either no user is
+ logged in or the foreground session is
+ a text login and the only one
+ existing. If
+ <literal>any-session</literal> is set
+ logind will handle these keys if no
+ inhibitor lock is taken, and either no
+ user is logged in or the foreground
+ session is the only one existing
+ (regardless whether graphical or
+ text). If set to
<literal>always</literal> logind will
- handle these keys even if a user is
- logged in or an inhibitor lock is
- taken. In all cases logind will not
- handle these keys if a graphical
- session is in the foreground under the
- assumption that the graphical session
- will handle these keys
- internally. Only input devices with
- the <literal>power-switch</literal>
- udev tag will be watched for key
+ handle these keys in any case, even if
+ one or more users are logged in or an
+ inhibitor lock is taken. Only input
+ devices with the
+ <literal>power-switch</literal> udev
+ tag will be watched for key
events. <varname>HandlePowerKey=</varname>
- and <varname>HandleSleepKey=</varname>
- default to <literal>yes</literal>,
+ defaults to
+ <literal>no-session</literal>.
+ <varname>HandleSleepKey=</varname>
+ defaults to
+ <literal>tty-session</literal>,
<varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname>
defaults to
- <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ <literal>off</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<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>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>