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diff --git a/man/logind.conf.xml b/man/logind.conf.xml
index 33ddf621e..8ab6d729a 100644
--- a/man/logind.conf.xml
+++ b/man/logind.conf.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
along with systemd; If not, see .
-->
-
+
logind.conf
systemd
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
Description
- This files configures various parameters of the systemd login manager systemd-logind.service8.
+ This file configures various parameters of the systemd login manager, systemd-logind.service8.
@@ -70,30 +70,66 @@
NAutoVTs=
Takes a positive
- integer. How many virtual terminals to
- allocate by default and when switched
- to autospawn autovt
- services on (if they are otherwise
- unused). These services are
- instantiated from a template of
+ integer. Configures how many virtual
+ terminals (VTs) to allocate by default
+ that, when switched to and are
+ previously unused,
+ autovt services are
+ automatically spawned on. These
+ services are instantiated from the
+ template unit
autovt@.service
- with the virtual terminal TTY name,
+ for the respective VT TTY name,
e.g. autovt@tty4.service. By
- default
+ default,
autovt@.service
is linked to
getty@.service,
i.e. login prompts are started
dynamically as the user switches to
- unused virtual terminals, and this
- parameter hence controls how many
- gettys are available on the virtual
- terminals. Defaults to 6. When set to
+ unused virtual terminals. Hence, this
+ parameter controls how many login
+ gettys are
+ available on the VTs. If a VT is
+ already used by some other subsystem
+ (for example a graphical login), this
+ kind of activation will not be
+ attempted. Note that the VT configured
+ in ReserveVT= is
+ always subject to this kind of
+ activation, even if it is not one of
+ VTs configured with the
+ NAutoVTs=
+ directive. Defaults to 6. When set to
0, automatic spawning of
autovt services is
disabled.
+
+ ReserveVT=
+
+ Takes a positive
+ integer. Configures the number of one
+ virtual terminal that shall
+ unconditionally be reserved for
+ autovt@.service
+ activation (see above). The VT
+ selected with this option will be
+ marked busy unconditionally, so that no
+ other subsystem will allocate it. This
+ functionality is useful to ensure that
+ regardless of how many VTs are allocated
+ by other subsystems, one login
+ getty is always
+ available. Defaults to 6 (in other
+ words, there will always be a
+ getty available on
+ Alt-F6.). When set to 0, VT
+ reservation is
+ disabled.
+
+
KillUserProcesses=
@@ -105,15 +141,53 @@
no.
+
+ IdleAction=
+
+ Configures the action
+ to take when the system is idle. Takes
+ one of ignore,
+ poweroff,
+ reboot,
+ halt,
+ kexec,
+ suspend,
+ hibernate,
+ hybrid-sleep,
+ lock. Defaults to
+ ignore.
+
+ 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 IdleActionSec=
+ (see below) has expired.
+
+
+
+
+ IdleActionSec=
+
+ Configures the delay
+ after which the action configured in
+ IdleAction= (see
+ above) is taken after the system is
+ idle.
+
+
KillOnlyUsers=
KillExcludeUsers=
These settings take
- space separated lists of user names
+ space-separated lists of usernames
that influence the effect of
KillUserProcesses=. If
- not empty only processes of users
+ not empty, only processes of users
listed in
KillOnlyUsers will
be killed when they log out
@@ -123,7 +197,7 @@
killed. KillExcludeUsers=
defaults to root
and takes precedence over
- KillOnlyUsers=
+ KillOnlyUsers=,
which defaults to the empty list.
@@ -133,18 +207,34 @@
These settings control
the default control group hierarchies
- users logging are added to. When
- logging in users will get private
- control groups in all hierarchies
- listed in
+ users logging in are added to, in
+ addition to the
+ name=systemd named
+ hierarchy. These settings take
+ space-separated lists of controller
+ names. Pass the empty string to ensure
+ that logind does not touch any
+ hierarchies but systemd's own. When
+ logging in, user sessions will get
+ private control groups in all
+ hierarchies listed in
Controllers= and be
reset to the root control group in all
hierarchies listed in
- ResetControllers=. Controllers=
- defaults to the empty list,
+ ResetControllers=.
+ Controllers=
+ defaults to the empty list.
ResetControllers=
defaults to
- cpu.
+ cpu. Note that for
+ all controllers that are not listed in
+ either Controllers=
+ or
+ ResetControllers=,
+ newly created sessions will be part of
+ the control groups of the system
+ service that created the
+ session.
@@ -154,63 +244,82 @@
time a system shutdown or sleep
request is delayed due to an inhibitor
lock of type delay
- being taken before it is ignored and
- the operation executed
+ being active before the inhibitor is
+ ignored and the operation executes
anyway. Defaults to
5s.
HandlePowerKey=
- HandleSleepKey=
+ HandleSuspendKey=
+ HandleHibernateKey=
HandleLidSwitch=
Controls whether
logind shall handle the system power
and sleep keys and the lid switch to
- trigger system power-off or
- suspend. Can be one of
- off,
- no-session,
- tty-session,
- any-session and
- always. If
- off logind will
+ trigger actions such as system
+ power-off or suspend. Can be one of
+ ignore,
+ poweroff,
+ reboot,
+ halt,
+ kexec,
+ suspend,
+ hibernate,
+ hybrid-sleep and
+ lock. If
+ ignore, logind will
never handle these keys. If
- no-session logind
- will handle these keys when no user is
- logged in and no inhibitor lock is
- taken, and trigger a warnig beep
- otherwise. If set to
- tty-session 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
- any-session 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
- always logind will
- 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
+ lock, all running
+ sessions will be screen-locked; otherwise,
+ the specified action
+ will be taken in the respective
+ event. Only input devices with the
power-switch udev
- tag will be watched for key
+ tag will be watched for key/lid switch
events. HandlePowerKey=
defaults to
- no-session.
- HandleSleepKey=
- defaults to
- tty-session,
+ poweroff.
+ HandleSuspendKey=
+ and
HandleLidSwitch=
+ default to suspend.
+ HandleHibernateKey=
+ defaults to
+ hibernate.
+
+
+
+ PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=
+ SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=
+ HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=
+ LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=
+
+ 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
+ off, the inhibitor
+ locks taken by applications in order
+ to block the requested operation are
+ respected. If on,
+ the requested operation is executed in
+ any
+ case. PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=,
+ SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=
+ and
+ HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=
+ default to off.
+ LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=
defaults to
- off.
+ yes. This means
+ that the lid switch does not respect
+ suspend blockers by default, but the
+ power and sleep keys do.
+
@@ -222,7 +331,7 @@
Note that KillUserProcesses=1
is a weaker version of
- kill-session-processes=1 which may
+ kill-session-processes=1, which may
be configured per-service for
pam_systemd8. The
latter kills processes of a session as soon as it
@@ -236,7 +345,7 @@
systemd1,
systemd-logind.service8,
loginctl1,
- systemd.conf5
+ systemd-system.conf5