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.SH "NAME"
systemd-logind.conf \- Login manager configuration file
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
systemd\-logind\&.conf
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This files configures various parameters of the systemd login manager\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
All options are configured in the
[Login]
section:
.PP
\fINAutoVTs=\fR
.RS 4
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
autovt@\&.service
with the virtual terminal TTY name, e\&.g\&.
autovt@tty4\&.service\&. By 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 0, automatic spawning of
autovt
services is disabled\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIKillUserProcesses=\fR
.RS 4
Takes a boolean argument\&. Configures whether the processes of a user should be killed when she or he completely logs out (i\&.e\&. after her/his last session ended)\&. Defaults to
no\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIKillOnlyUsers=\fR, \fIKillExcludeUsers=\fR
.RS 4
These settings take space separated lists of user names that influence the effect of
\fIKillUserProcesses=\fR\&. If not empty only processes of users listed in
\fIKillOnlyUsers\fR
will be killed when they log out entirely\&. Processes of users listed in
\fIKillExcludeUsers=\fR
are excluded from being killed\&.
\fIKillExcludeUsers=\fR
defaults to
root
and takes precedence over
\fIKillOnlyUsers=\fR
which defaults to the empty list\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIControllers=\fR, \fIResetControllers=\fR
.RS 4
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
\fIControllers=\fR
and be reset to the root control group in all hierarchies listed in
\fIResetControllers=\fR\&.
\fIControllers=\fR
defaults to the empty list,
\fIResetControllers=\fR
defaults to
cpu\&.
.RE
.PP
Note that setting
\fIKillUserProcesses=1\fR
will break tools like
\fBscreen\fR(1)\&.
.PP
Note that
\fIKillUserProcesses=1\fR
is a weaker version of
\fIkill\-session\-processes=1\fR
which may be configured per\-service for
\fBpam_systemd\fR(8)\&. The latter kills processes of a session as soon as it ends, the former kills processes as soon as the last session of the user ends\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP

\fBsystemd\fR(1),
\fBsystemd-loginctl\fR(1),
\fBsystemd.conf\fR(5)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBLennart Poettering\fR <\&lennart@poettering\&.net\&>
.RS 4
Developer
.RE