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LOGIND.CONF(5) | logind.conf | LOGIND.CONF(5) |
NAME¶
logind.conf, logind.conf.d - Login manager configuration filesSYNOPSIS¶
/etc/systemd/logind.conf /etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/*.conf /run/systemd/logind.conf.d/*.conf /usr/lib/systemd/logind.conf.d/*.confDESCRIPTION¶
These files configure various parameters of the systemd login manager, systemd-logind.service(8).CONFIGURATION DIRECTORIES AND PRECEDENCE¶
The default configuration is defined during compilation, so a configuration file is only needed when it is necessary to deviate from those defaults. By default, the configuration file in /etc/systemd/ contains commented out entries showing the defaults as a guide to the administrator. This file can be edited to create local overrides. When packages need to customize the configuration, they can install configuration snippets in /usr/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/. Files in /etc/ are reserved for the local administrator, who may use this logic to override the configuration files installed by vendor packages. The main configuration file is read before any of the configuration directories, and has the lowest precedence; entries in a file in any configuration directory override entries in the single configuration file. Files in the *.conf.d/ configuration subdirectories are sorted by their filename in lexicographic order, regardless of which of the subdirectories they reside in. If multiple files specify the same option, the entry in the file with the lexicographically latest name takes precedence. It is recommended to prefix all filenames in those subdirectories with a two-digit number and a dash, to simplify the ordering of the files. To disable a configuration file supplied by the vendor, the recommended way is to place a symlink to /dev/null in the configuration directory in /etc/, with the same filename as the vendor configuration file.OPTIONS¶
All options are configured in the "[Login]" section: NAutoVTs=Takes a positive 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 for the
respective VT TTY name, for example, autovt@tty4.service. By default,
autovt@.service is linked to getty@.service. In other words, login prompts are
started dynamically as the user switches 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 the 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. Identifies 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=
Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether the
processes of a user should be killed when the user logs out. If true, the
scope unit corresponding to the session and all processes inside that scope
will be terminated. If false, the scope is "abandoned", see
systemd.scope(5), and processes are not killed. Defaults to
"yes", but see the options KillOnlyUsers= and
KillExcludeUsers= below.
In addition to session processes, user process may run under the user manager
unit user@.service. Depending on the linger settings, this may allow users to
run processes independent of their login sessions. See the description of
enable-linger in loginctl(1).
Note that setting KillUserProcesses=yes will break tools like
screen(1) and tmux(1), unless they are moved out of the session
scope. See example in systemd-run(1).
KillOnlyUsers=, KillExcludeUsers=
These settings take space-separated lists of usernames
that override the KillUserProcesses= setting. A user name may be added
to KillExcludeUsers= to exclude the processes in the session scopes of
that user from being killed even if KillUserProcesses=yes is set. If
KillExcludeUsers= is not set, the "root" user is excluded by
default. KillExcludeUsers= may be set to an empty value to override
this default. If a user is not excluded, KillOnlyUsers= is checked
next. If this setting is specified, only the session scopes of those users
will be killed. Otherwise, users are subject to the
KillUserProcesses=yes setting.
IdleAction=
Configures the action to take when the system is idle.
Takes one of "ignore", "poweroff", "reboot",
"halt", "kexec", "suspend",
"hibernate", "hybrid-sleep", and "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.
InhibitDelayMaxSec=
Specifies the maximum time a system shutdown or sleep
request is delayed due to an inhibitor lock of type "delay" being
active before the inhibitor is ignored and the operation executes anyway.
Defaults to 5.
HandlePowerKey=, HandleSuspendKey=, HandleHibernateKey=,
HandleLidSwitch=, HandleLidSwitchDocked=
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 "ignore", "poweroff",
"reboot", "halt", "kexec", "suspend",
"hibernate", "hybrid-sleep", and "lock". If
"ignore", logind will never handle these keys. If "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/lid switch events.
HandlePowerKey= defaults to "poweroff".
HandleSuspendKey= and HandleLidSwitch= default to
"suspend". HandleLidSwitchDocked= defaults to
"ignore". HandleHibernateKey= defaults to
"hibernate". If the system is inserted in a docking station, or if
more than one display is connected, the action specified by
HandleLidSwitchDocked= occurs; otherwise the HandleLidSwitch=
action occurs.
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 "no", the inhibitor locks taken by
applications in order to block the requested operation are respected. If
"yes", the requested operation is executed in any case.
PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=, SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited= and
HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited= default to "no".
LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited= defaults to "yes". This means that
the lid switch does not respect suspend blockers by default, but the power and
sleep keys do.
HoldoffTimeoutSec=
Specifies the timeout after system startup or system
resume in which systemd will hold off on reacting to lid events. This is
required for the system to properly detect any hotplugged devices so systemd
can ignore lid events if external monitors, or docks, are connected. If set to
0, systemd will always react immediately, possibly before the kernel fully
probed all hotplugged devices. This is safe, as long as you do not care for
systemd to account for devices that have been plugged or unplugged while the
system was off. Defaults to 30s.
RuntimeDirectorySize=
Sets the size limit on the $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
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 "%" 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.
InhibitorsMax=
Controls the maximum number of concurrent inhibitors to
permit. Defaults to 8192 (8K).
SessionsMax=
Controls the maximum number of concurrent user sessions
to manage. Defaults to 8192 (8K). Depending on how the pam_systemd.so module
is included in the PAM stack configuration, further login sessions will either
be refused, or permitted but not tracked by systemd-logind.
UserTasksMax=
Sets the maximum number of OS tasks each user may run
concurrently. This controls the TasksMax= setting of the per-user slice
unit, see systemd.resource-control(5) for details. Defaults to 12288
(12K).
RemoveIPC=
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 "yes".
SEE ALSO¶
systemd(1), systemd-logind.service(8), loginctl(1), systemd-system.conf(5)systemd 230 |