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 <?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
-        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
 
 <!--
   This file is part of systemd.
 
 <refentry id="pam_systemd" conditional='HAVE_PAM'>
 
-        <refentryinfo>
-                <title>pam_systemd</title>
-                <productname>systemd</productname>
-
-                <authorgroup>
-                        <author>
-                                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
-                                <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
-                                <surname>Poettering</surname>
-                                <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
-                        </author>
-                </authorgroup>
-        </refentryinfo>
-
-        <refmeta>
-                <refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle>
-                <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
-        </refmeta>
-
-        <refnamediv>
-                <refname>pam_systemd</refname>
-                <refpurpose>Register user sessions in the systemd login manager</refpurpose>
-        </refnamediv>
-
-        <refsynopsisdiv>
-                <para><filename>pam_systemd.so</filename></para>
-        </refsynopsisdiv>
-
-        <refsect1>
-                <title>Description</title>
-
-                <para><command>pam_systemd</command> registers user
-                sessions with 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>
-
-                <orderedlist>
-                        <listitem><para>If it does not exist yet, the
-                        user runtime directory
-                        <filename>/run/user/$USER</filename> is
-                        created and its ownership changed to the user
-                        that is logging in.</para></listitem>
-
-                        <listitem><para>The
-                        <varname>$XDG_SESSION_ID</varname> environment
-                        variable is initialized. If auditing is
-                        available and
-                        <command>pam_loginuid.so</command> run before
-                        this module (which is highly recommended), the
-                        variable is initialized from the auditing
-                        session id
-                        (<filename>/proc/self/sessionid</filename>). Otherwise
-                        an independent session counter is
-                        used.</para></listitem>
-
-                        <listitem><para>A new systemd scope unit is
-                        created for the session. If this is the first
-                        concurrent session of the user, an implicit
-                        slice below <filename>user.slice</filename> is
-                        automatically created and the scope placed in
-                        it. In instance of the system service
-                        <filename>user@.service</filename> which runs
-                        the systemd user manager
-                        instance.</para></listitem>
-                </orderedlist>
-
-                <para>On logout, this module ensures the following:</para>
-
-                <orderedlist>
-                        <listitem><para>If this is enabled, all
-                        processes of the session are terminated. If
-                        the last concurrent session of a user ends, his
-                        user systemd instance will be terminated too,
-                        and so will the user's slice
-                        unit.</para></listitem>
-
-                        <listitem><para>If the last concurrent session
-                        of a user ends, the
-                        <varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname> directory
-                        and all its contents are removed,
-                        too.</para></listitem>
-                </orderedlist>
-
-                <para>If the system was not booted up with systemd as
-                init system, this module does nothing and immediately
-                returns PAM_SUCCESS.</para>
-
-        </refsect1>
-
-        <refsect1>
-                <title>Options</title>
-
-                <para>The following options are understood:</para>
-
-                <variablelist class='pam-directives'>
-
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>class=</option></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Takes a string
-                                argument which sets the session class.
-                                The XDG_SESSION_CLASS environmental variable
-                                takes precedence.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>debug=</option></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
-                                argument. If yes, the module will log
-                                debugging information as it
-                                operates.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-                </variablelist>
-        </refsect1>
-
-        <refsect1>
-                <title>Module Types Provided</title>
-
-                <para>Only <option>session</option> is provided.</para>
-        </refsect1>
-
-        <refsect1>
-                <title>Environment</title>
-
-                <para>The following environment variables are set for the processes of the user's session:</para>
-
-                <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>$XDG_SESSION_ID</varname></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>A session identifier,
-                                suitable to be used in filenames. The
-                                string itself should be considered
-                                opaque, although often it is just the
-                                audit session ID as reported by
-                                <filename>/proc/self/sessionid</filename>. Each
-                                ID will be assigned only once during
-                                machine uptime. It may hence be used
-                                to uniquely label files or other
-                                resources of this
-                                session.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Path to a user-private
-                                user-writable directory that is bound
-                                to the user login time on the
-                                machine. It is automatically created
-                                the first time a user logs in and
-                                removed on his final logout. If a user
-                                logs in twice at the same time, both
-                                sessions will see the same
-                                <varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname>
-                                and the same contents. If a user logs
-                                in once, then logs out again, and logs
-                                in again, the directory contents will
-                                have been lost in between, but
-                                applications should not rely on this
-                                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>
-                                in the filename. This directory shall
-                                be used for runtime file system
-                                objects such as <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> sockets,
-                                FIFOs, PID files and similar. It is
-                                guaranteed that this directory is
-                                local and offers the greatest possible
-                                file system feature set the
-                                operating system
-                                provides.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-                </variablelist>
-        </refsect1>
-
-        <refsect1>
-                <title>Example</title>
-
-                <programlisting>#%PAM-1.0
+  <refentryinfo>
+    <title>pam_systemd</title>
+    <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+    <authorgroup>
+      <author>
+        <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+        <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+        <surname>Poettering</surname>
+        <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+      </author>
+    </authorgroup>
+  </refentryinfo>
+
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle>
+    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>pam_systemd</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Register user sessions in the systemd login manager</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <para><filename>pam_systemd.so</filename></para>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para><command>pam_systemd</command> registers user sessions with
+    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>
+
+    <orderedlist>
+      <listitem><para>If it does not exist yet, the user runtime
+      directory <filename>/run/user/$USER</filename> is created and
+      its ownership changed to the user that is logging
+      in.</para></listitem>
+
+      <listitem><para>The <varname>$XDG_SESSION_ID</varname>
+      environment variable is initialized. If auditing is available
+      and <command>pam_loginuid.so</command> was run before this
+      module (which is highly recommended), the variable is
+      initialized from the auditing session id
+      (<filename>/proc/self/sessionid</filename>). Otherwise, an
+      independent session counter is used.</para></listitem>
+
+      <listitem><para>A new systemd scope unit is created for the
+      session. If this is the first concurrent session of the user, an
+      implicit slice below <filename>user.slice</filename> is
+      automatically created and the scope placed into it. An instance
+      of the system service <filename>user@.service</filename>, which
+      runs the systemd user manager instance, is started.
+      </para></listitem>
+    </orderedlist>
+
+    <para>On logout, this module ensures the following:</para>
+
+    <orderedlist>
+      <listitem><para>If enabled in
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle>
+      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, all processes of the
+      session are terminated. If the last concurrent session of a user
+      ends, the user's systemd instance will be terminated too, and so
+      will the user's slice unit.</para></listitem>
+
+      <listitem><para>If the last concurrent session of a user ends,
+      the <varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname> directory and all its
+      contents are removed, too.</para></listitem>
+    </orderedlist>
+
+    <para>If the system was not booted up with systemd as init system,
+    this module does nothing and immediately returns
+    <constant>PAM_SUCCESS</constant>.</para>
+
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Options</title>
+
+    <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+    <variablelist class='pam-directives'>
+
+      <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. One of
+        <literal>user</literal>,
+        <literal>greeter</literal>,
+        <literal>lock-screen</literal> or
+        <literal>background</literal>. See
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_session_get_class</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+        for details about the session class.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>type=</option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Takes a string argument which sets the session
+        type. The XDG_SESSION_TYPE environmental variable takes
+        precedence. One of
+        <literal>unspecified</literal>,
+        <literal>tty</literal>,
+        <literal>x11</literal>,
+        <literal>wayland</literal> or
+        <literal>mir</literal>. See
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_session_get_type</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+        for details about the session type.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>debug<optional>=</optional></option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Takes an optional
+        boolean argument. If yes or without
+        the argument, the module will log
+        debugging information as it
+        operates.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Module Types Provided</title>
+
+    <para>Only <option>session</option> is provided.</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Environment</title>
+
+    <para>The following environment variables are set for the
+    processes of the user's session:</para>
+
+    <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>$XDG_SESSION_ID</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>A session identifier, suitable to be used in
+        filenames. The string itself should be considered opaque,
+        although often it is just the audit session ID as reported by
+        <filename>/proc/self/sessionid</filename>. Each ID will be
+        assigned only once during machine uptime. It may hence be used
+        to uniquely label files or other resources of this
+        session.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Path to a user-private user-writable directory
+        that is bound to the user login time on the machine. It is
+        automatically created the first time a user logs in and
+        removed on the user's final logout. If a user logs in twice at
+        the same time, both sessions will see the same
+        <varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname> and the same contents. If
+        a user logs in once, then logs out again, and logs in again,
+        the directory contents will have been lost in between, but
+        applications should not rely on this behavior and must be able
+        to deal with stale files. To store session-private data in
+        this directory, the user should include the value of
+        <varname>$XDG_SESSION_ID</varname> in the filename. This
+        directory shall be used for runtime file system objects such
+        as <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> sockets, FIFOs, PID files and
+        similar. It is guaranteed that this directory is local and
+        offers the greatest possible file system feature set the
+        operating system provides. For further details see the <ulink
+        url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html">XDG
+        Base Directory Specification</ulink>.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+    </variablelist>
+
+    <para>The following environment variables are read by the module
+    and may be used by the PAM service to pass metadata to the
+    module:</para>
+
+    <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>$XDG_SESSION_TYPE</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>The session type. This may be used instead of
+        <option>session=</option> on the module parameter line, and is
+        usually preferred.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>$XDG_SESSION_CLASS</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>The session class. This may be used instead of
+        <option>class=</option> on the module parameter line, and is
+        usually preferred.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>$XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>A single, short identifier string for the
+        desktop environment. This may be used to indicate the session
+        desktop used, where this applies and if this information is
+        available. For example: <literal>GNOME</literal>, or
+        <literal>KDE</literal>. It is recommended to use the same
+        identifiers and capitalization as for
+        <varname>$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP</varname>, as defined by the
+        <ulink
+        url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/">Desktop
+        Entry Specification</ulink>. (However, note that
+        <varname>$XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP</varname> only takes a single
+        item, and not a colon-separated list like
+        <varname>$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP</varname>.) See
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_session_get_desktop</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+        for more details.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>$XDG_SEAT</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>The seat name the session shall be registered
+        for, if any.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>$XDG_VTNR</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>The VT number the session shall be registered
+        for, if any. (Only applies to seats with a VT available, such
+        as <literal>seat0</literal>)</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Example</title>
+
+    <programlisting>#%PAM-1.0
 auth       required     pam_unix.so
 auth       required     pam_nologin.so
 account    required     pam_unix.so
@@ -214,23 +274,23 @@ password   required     pam_unix.so
 session    required     pam_unix.so
 session    required     pam_loginuid.so
 session    required     pam_systemd.so</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.scope</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                </para>
-        </refsect1>
+  </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 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>pam.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>pam.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>pam_loginuid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    </para>
+  </refsect1>
 
 </refentry>