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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2019-09-03 10:23:38 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2019-09-03 10:23:38 +0000
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parentAdding upstream version 1.16.1. (diff)
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Adding upstream version 1.17.0.upstream/1.17.0
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/logind/README.md b/collectors/python.d.plugin/logind/README.md
index c35630c8f..5aa1fa627 100644
--- a/collectors/python.d.plugin/logind/README.md
+++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/logind/README.md
@@ -4,22 +4,25 @@ This module monitors active sessions, users, and seats tracked by systemd-logind
It provides the following charts:
-1. **Sessions** Tracks the total number of sessions.
- * Graphical: Local graphical sessions (running X11, or Wayland, or something else).
- * Console: Local console sessions.
- * Remote: Remote sessions.
+1. **Sessions** Tracks the total number of sessions.
-2. **Users** Tracks total number of unique user logins of each type.
- * Graphical
- * Console
- * Remote
+ - Graphical: Local graphical sessions (running X11, or Wayland, or something else).
+ - Console: Local console sessions.
+ - Remote: Remote sessions.
-3. **Seats** Total number of seats in use.
- * Seats
+2. **Users** Tracks total number of unique user logins of each type.
-### configuration
+ - Graphical
+ - Console
+ - Remote
-This module needs no configuration. Just make sure the netdata user
+3. **Seats** Total number of seats in use.
+
+ - Seats
+
+## configuration
+
+This module needs no configuration. Just make sure the `netdata` user
can run the `loginctl` command and get a session list without having to
specify a path.
@@ -32,25 +35,25 @@ specify it using the `command` key like so:
command: '/path/to/other/command'
```
-### notes
+## notes
-* This module's ability to track logins is dependent on what PAM services
-are configured to register sessions with logind. In particular, for
-most systems, it will only track TTY logins, local desktop logins,
-and logins through remote shell connections.
+- This module's ability to track logins is dependent on what PAM services
+ are configured to register sessions with logind. In particular, for
+ most systems, it will only track TTY logins, local desktop logins,
+ and logins through remote shell connections.
-* The users chart counts _usernames_ not UID's. This is potentially
-important in configurations where multiple users have the same UID.
+- The users chart counts _usernames_ not UID's. This is potentially
+ important in configurations where multiple users have the same UID.
-* The users chart counts any given user name up to once for _each_ type
-of login. So if the same user has a graphical and a console login on a
-system, they will show up once in the graphical count, and once in the
-console count.
+- The users chart counts any given user name up to once for _each_ type
+ of login. So if the same user has a graphical and a console login on a
+ system, they will show up once in the graphical count, and once in the
+ console count.
-* Because the data collection process is rather expensive, this plugin
-is currently disabled by default, and needs to be explicitly enabled in
-`/etc/netdata/python.d.conf` before it will run.
+- Because the data collection process is rather expensive, this plugin
+ is currently disabled by default, and needs to be explicitly enabled in
+ `/etc/netdata/python.d.conf` before it will run.
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