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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
+
+<refentry id="loginctl" conditional='ENABLE_LOGIND'
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>loginctl</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>loginctl</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Control the systemd login manager</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>loginctl</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>loginctl</command> may be used to introspect and
+ control the state of the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ login manager
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Commands</title>
+
+ <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
+
+ <refsect2><title>Session Commands</title><variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>list-sessions</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>List current sessions.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>session-status</command> <optional><replaceable>ID</replaceable>…</optional></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show terse runtime status information about
+ one or more sessions, followed by the most recent log data
+ from the journal. Takes one or more session identifiers as
+ parameters. If no session identifiers are passed, the status of
+ the caller's session is shown. This function is intended to
+ generate human-readable output. If you are looking for
+ computer-parsable output, use <command>show-session</command>
+ instead.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>show-session</command> <optional><replaceable>ID</replaceable>…</optional></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show properties of one or more sessions or the manager itself. If no argument is
+ specified, properties of the manager will be shown. If a session ID is specified, properties of
+ the session are shown. Specially, if the given ID is <literal>self</literal>, the session to which
+ the <command>loginctl</command> process belongs is used. If <literal>auto</literal>, the current
+ session is used as with <literal>self</literal> if exists, and falls back to the current user's
+ graphical session. By default, empty properties are suppressed. Use <option>--all</option> to show
+ those too. To select specific properties to show, use <option>--property=</option>. This command
+ is intended to be used whenever computer-parsable output is required. Use <command>session-status</command>
+ if you are looking for formatted human-readable output.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>activate</command> <optional><replaceable>ID</replaceable></optional></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Activate a session. This brings a session into
+ the foreground if another session is currently in the
+ foreground on the respective seat. Takes a session identifier
+ as argument. If no argument is specified, the session of the
+ caller is put into foreground.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v219"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>lock-session</command> <optional><replaceable>ID</replaceable>…</optional></term>
+ <term><command>unlock-session</command> <optional><replaceable>ID</replaceable>…</optional></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Activates/deactivates the screen lock on one
+ or more sessions, if the session supports it. Takes one or
+ more session identifiers as arguments. If no argument is
+ specified, the session of the caller is locked/unlocked.
+ </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>lock-sessions</command></term>
+ <term><command>unlock-sessions</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Activates/deactivates the screen lock on all
+ current sessions supporting it. </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v188"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>terminate-session</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>…</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Terminates a session. This kills all processes of the session and deallocates all
+ resources attached to the session. If the argument is specified as empty string the session invoking
+ the command is terminated.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>kill-session</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>…</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Send a signal to one or more processes of the session. Use
+ <option>--kill-whom=</option> to select which process to kill. Use <option>--signal=</option> to
+ select the signal to send. If the argument is specified as empty string the signal is sent to the
+ session invoking the command.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist></refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2><title>User Commands</title><variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>list-users</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>List currently logged in users.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>user-status</command> <optional><replaceable>USER</replaceable>…</optional></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show terse runtime status information about
+ one or more logged in users, followed by the most recent log
+ data from the journal. Takes one or more user names or numeric
+ user IDs as parameters. If no parameters are passed, the status
+ is shown for the user of the session of the caller. This
+ function is intended to generate human-readable output. If you
+ are looking for computer-parsable output, use
+ <command>show-user</command> instead.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>show-user</command> <optional><replaceable>USER</replaceable>…</optional></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show properties of one or more users or the
+ manager itself. If no argument is specified, properties of the
+ manager will be shown. If a user is specified, properties of
+ the user are shown. By default, empty properties are
+ suppressed. Use <option>--all</option> to show those too. To
+ select specific properties to show, use
+ <option>--property=</option>. This command is intended to be
+ used whenever computer-parsable output is required. Use
+ <command>user-status</command> if you are looking for
+ formatted human-readable output.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>enable-linger</command> <optional><replaceable>USER</replaceable>…</optional></term>
+ <term><command>disable-linger</command> <optional><replaceable>USER</replaceable>…</optional></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Enable/disable user lingering for one or more
+ users. If enabled for a specific user, a user manager is
+ spawned for the user at boot and kept around after logouts.
+ This allows users who are not logged in to run long-running
+ services. Takes one or more user names or numeric UIDs as
+ argument. If no argument is specified, enables/disables
+ lingering for the user of the session of the caller.</para>
+
+ <para>See also <varname>KillUserProcesses=</varname> setting in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>terminate-user</command> <replaceable>USER</replaceable>…</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Terminates all sessions of a user. This kills all processes of all sessions of the
+ user and deallocates all runtime resources attached to the user. If the argument is specified as
+ empty string the sessions of the user invoking the command are terminated.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>kill-user</command> <replaceable>USER</replaceable>…</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Send a signal to all processes of a user. Use <option>--signal=</option> to select
+ the signal to send. If the argument is specified as empty string the signal is sent to the sessions
+ of the user invoking the command.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist></refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2><title>Seat Commands</title><variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>list-seats</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>List currently available seats on the local
+ system.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>seat-status</command> <optional><replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</optional></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show terse runtime status information about
+ one or more seats. Takes one or more seat names as parameters.
+ If no seat names are passed the status of the caller's
+ session's seat is shown. This function is intended to generate
+ human-readable output. If you are looking for
+ computer-parsable output, use <command>show-seat</command>
+ instead.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>show-seat</command> <optional><replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</optional></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show properties of one or more seats or the
+ manager itself. If no argument is specified, properties of the
+ manager will be shown. If a seat is specified, properties of
+ the seat are shown. By default, empty properties are
+ suppressed. Use <option>--all</option> to show those too. To
+ select specific properties to show, use
+ <option>--property=</option>. This command is intended to be
+ used whenever computer-parsable output is required. Use
+ <command>seat-status</command> if you are looking for
+ formatted human-readable output.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>attach</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>DEVICE</replaceable>…</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Persistently attach one or more devices to a
+ seat. The devices should be specified via device paths in the
+ <filename>/sys/</filename> file system. To create a new seat,
+ attach at least one graphics card to a previously unused seat
+ name. Seat names may consist only of a–z, A–Z, 0–9,
+ <literal>-</literal> and <literal>_</literal> and must be
+ prefixed with <literal>seat</literal>. To drop assignment of a
+ device to a specific seat, just reassign it to a different
+ seat, or use <command>flush-devices</command>.
+ </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>flush-devices</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Removes all device assignments previously
+ created with <command>attach</command>. After this call, only
+ automatically generated seats will remain, and all seat
+ hardware is assigned to them.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>terminate-seat</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Terminates all sessions on a seat. This kills
+ all processes of all sessions on the seat and deallocates all
+ runtime resources attached to them.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist></refsect2>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Do not query the user for authentication for
+ privileged operations.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-p</option></term>
+ <term><option>--property=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When showing session/user/seat properties,
+ limit display to certain properties as specified as argument.
+ If not specified, all set properties are shown. The argument
+ should be a property name, such as
+ <literal>Sessions</literal>. If specified more than once, all
+ properties with the specified names are
+ shown.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--value</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When showing session/user/seat properties,
+ only print the value, and skip the property name and
+ <literal>=</literal>.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v230"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-a</option></term>
+ <term><option>--all</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When showing session/user/seat properties,
+ show all properties regardless of whether they are set or
+ not.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-l</option></term>
+ <term><option>--full</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Do not ellipsize process tree entries.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v198"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--kill-whom=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>kill-session</command>, choose which processes to kill.
+ Takes one of <literal>leader</literal> or <literal>all</literal>, to select whether to kill only
+ the leader process of the session or all processes of the session. If omitted, defaults to
+ <option>all</option>.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v252"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-s</option></term>
+ <term><option>--signal=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>kill-session</command> or <command>kill-user</command>,
+ choose which signal to send to selected processes. Must be one of the well known signal specifiers,
+ such as <constant>SIGTERM</constant>, <constant>SIGINT</constant> or <constant>SIGSTOP</constant>.
+ If omitted, defaults to <constant>SIGTERM</constant>.</para>
+
+ <para>The special value <literal>help</literal> will list the known values and the program will exit
+ immediately, and the special value <literal>list</literal> will list known values along with the
+ numerical signal numbers and the program will exit immediately.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-n</option></term>
+ <term><option>--lines=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>user-status</command>
+ and <command>session-status</command>, controls the number of
+ journal lines to show, counting from the most recent ones.
+ Takes a positive integer argument. Defaults to 10.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v219"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-o</option></term>
+ <term><option>--output=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>user-status</command>
+ and <command>session-status</command>, controls the formatting
+ of the journal entries that are shown. For the available
+ choices, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ Defaults to <literal>short</literal>.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v219"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-legend" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code
+ otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Querying user status</title>
+
+ <programlisting>$ loginctl user-status
+fatima (1005)
+ Since: Sat 2016-04-09 14:23:31 EDT; 54min ago
+ State: active
+ Sessions: 5 *3
+ Unit: user-1005.slice
+ ├─user@1005.service
+ …
+ ├─session-3.scope
+ …
+ └─session-5.scope
+ ├─3473 login -- fatima
+ └─3515 -zsh
+
+Apr 09 14:40:30 laptop login[2325]: pam_unix(login:session):
+ session opened for user fatima by LOGIN(uid=0)
+Apr 09 14:40:30 laptop login[2325]: LOGIN ON tty3 BY fatima
+</programlisting>
+
+ <para>There are two sessions, 3 and 5. Session 3 is a graphical session,
+ marked with a star. The tree of processing including the two corresponding
+ scope units and the user manager unit are shown.</para>
+ </example>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <xi:include href="common-variables.xml" />
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>