X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fpam_systemd.xml;h=43949af24bfc2ed1ad45d4ea93c9faa5dba2155e;hb=43b133b4e09a0e991ba1680b9ef5458b24f9dcc9;hp=951ae207a4a9568433de23c73ca0937b5d488efc;hpb=fbce11397f4d19821a9dfe66ee3ebe11cad90057;p=elogind.git diff --git a/man/pam_systemd.xml b/man/pam_systemd.xml index 951ae207a..43949af24 100644 --- a/man/pam_systemd.xml +++ b/man/pam_systemd.xml @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Description pam_systemd registers user - sessions in the systemd login manager + sessions with the systemd login manager systemd-logind.service8, and hence the systemd control group hierarchy. @@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ $XDG_SESSION_ID environment variable is initialized. If auditing is available and - pam_loginuid.so run before + pam_loginuid.so was run before this module (which is highly recommended), the variable is initialized from the auditing session id - (/proc/self/sessionid). Otherwise + (/proc/self/sessionid). Otherwise, an independent session counter is used. @@ -84,19 +84,21 @@ created for the session. If this is the first concurrent session of the user, an implicit slice below user.slice is - automatically created and the scope placed in - it. In instance of the system service - user@.service which runs - the systemd user manager - instance. + automatically created and the scope placed into + it. An instance of the system service + user@.service, which runs + the systemd user manager instance, is started. + On logout, this module ensures the following: - If this is enabled, all - processes of the session are terminated. If - the last concurrent session of a user ends, his + If enabled in + logind.conf + 5, + all processes of the session are terminated. If + the last concurrent session of a user ends, their user systemd instance will be terminated too, and so will the user's slice unit. @@ -127,14 +129,37 @@ Takes a string argument which sets the session class. The XDG_SESSION_CLASS environmental variable - takes precedence. + takes precedence. One of + user, + greeter, + lock-screen or + background. See + sd_session_get_class3 + for details about the session class. - + - Takes a boolean - argument. If yes, the module will log + Takes a string + argument which sets the session type. + The XDG_SESSION_TYPE environmental + variable takes precedence. One of + unspecified, + tty, + x11, + wayland or + mir. See + sd_session_get_type3 + for details about the session type. + + + + + + Takes an optional + boolean argument. If yes or without + the argument, the module will log debugging information as it operates. @@ -177,7 +202,7 @@ 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 + removed on their final logout. If a user logs in twice at the same time, both sessions will see the same $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR @@ -200,6 +225,74 @@ operating system provides. + + + + The following environment variables are read by + the module and may be used by the PAM service to pass + metadata to the module: + + + + $XDG_SESSION_TYPE + + The session type. This + may be used instead of + on the + module parameter line, and is usually + preferred. + + + + $XDG_SESSION_CLASS + + The session class. This + may be used instead of + on the + module parameter line, and is usually + preferred. + + + + $XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP + + 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: + GNOME, or + KDE. It is + recommended to use the same + identifiers and capitalization as for + $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP, + as defined by the Desktop + Entry + Specification. See + sd_session_get_desktop3 + for more details. + + + + $XDG_SEAT + + The seat name the session + shall be registered for, if + any. + + + + $XDG_VTNR + + The VT number the + session shall be registered for, if + any. (Only applies to seats with a VT + available, such as + seat0) + + @@ -223,10 +316,10 @@ session required pam_systemd.so systemd-logind.service8, logind.conf5, loginctl1, - pam.conf5, - pam.d5, - pam8, - pam_loginuid8, + pam.conf5, + pam.d5, + pam8, + pam_loginuid8, systemd.scope5, systemd.slice5, systemd.service5