loginctl man page on ElementaryOS

Man page or keyword search:  
man Server   4994 pages
apropos Keyword Search (all sections)
Output format
ElementaryOS logo
[printable version]

LOGINCTL(1)			   loginctl			   LOGINCTL(1)

NAME
       loginctl - Control the systemd login manager

SYNOPSIS
       loginctl [OPTIONS...] {COMMAND} [NAME...]

DESCRIPTION
       loginctl may be used to introspect and control the state of the
       systemd(1) login manager systemd-logind.service(8).

OPTIONS
       The following options are understood:

       -h, --help
	   Prints a short help text and exits.

       --version
	   Prints a short version string and exits.

       -p, --property=
	   When showing session/user 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 Sessions. If specified more than once all properties with the
	   specified names are shown.

       -a, --all
	   When showing unit/job/manager properties, show all properties
	   regardless whether they are set or not.

       --full
	   Do not ellipsize cgroup members.

       --no-pager
	   Do not pipe output into a pager.

       --no-ask-password
	   Don't query the user for authentication for privileged operations.

       --kill-who=
	   When used with kill-session, choose which processes to kill. Must
	   be one of leader, or all to select whether to kill only the leader
	   process of the session or all processes of the session. If omitted
	   defaults to all.

       -s, --signal=
	   When used with kill-session or kill-user, choose which signal to
	   send to selected processes. Must be one of the well known signal
	   specifiers such as SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGSTOP. If omitted defaults
	   to SIGTERM.

       -H, --host
	   Execute operation remotely. Specify a hostname, or username and
	   hostname separated by @, to connect to. This will use SSH to talk
	   to the remote login manager instance.

       -P, --privileged
	   Acquire privileges via PolicyKit before executing the operation.

       The following commands are understood:

       list-sessions
	   List current sessions.

       session-status [ID...]
	   Show terse runtime status information about one or more sessions.
	   This function is intended to generate human-readable output. If you
	   are looking for computer-parsable output, use show-session instead.

       show-session [ID...]
	   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 is shown. By
	   default, empty properties are suppressed. Use --all to show those
	   too. To select specific properties to show use --property=. This
	   command is intended to be used whenever computer-parsable output is
	   required. Use session-status if you are looking for formatted
	   human-readable output.

       activate [ID...]
	   Activate one or more sessions. This brings one or more sessions
	   into the foreground, if another session is currently in the
	   foreground on the respective seat.

       lock-session [ID...], unlock-session [ID...]
	   Activates/deactivates the screen lock on one or more sessions, if
	   the session supports it.

       lock-sessions, unlock-sessions
	   Activates/deactivates the screen lock on all current sessions
	   supporting it.

       terminate-session [ID...]
	   Terminates a session. This kills all processes of the session and
	   deallocates all resources attached to the session.

       kill-session [ID...]
	   Send a signal to one or more processes of the session. Use
	   --kill-who= to select which process to kill. Use --signal= to
	   select the signal to send.

       list-users
	   List currently logged in users.

       user-status [USER...]
	   Show terse runtime status information about one or more logged in
	   users. This function is intended to generate human-readable output.
	   If you are looking for computer-parsable output, use show-user
	   instead. Users may be specified by their usernames or numeric user
	   IDs.

       show-user [USER...]
	   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 is shown. By default,
	   empty properties are suppressed. Use --all to show those too. To
	   select specific properties to show use --property=. This command is
	   intended to be used whenever computer-parsable output is required.
	   Use user-status if you are looking for formatted human-readable
	   output.

       enable-linger [USER...], disable-linger [USER...]
	   Enable/disable user lingering for one or more users. If enabled for
	   a specific user a user manager is spawned for him/her at boot, and
	   kept around after logouts. This allows users who aren't logged in
	   to run long-running services.

       terminate-user [USER...]
	   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.

       kill-user [USER...]
	   Send a signal to all processes of a user. Use --signal= to select
	   the signal to send.

       list-seats
	   List currently available seats on the local system.

       seat-status [NAME...]
	   Show terse runtime status information about one or more seats. This
	   function is intended to generate human-readable output. If you are
	   looking for computer-parsable output, use show-seat instead.

       show-seat [NAME...]
	   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 --all to show those too. To
	   select specific properties to show use --property=. This command is
	   intended to be used whenever computer-parsable output is required.
	   Use seat-status if you are looking for formatted human-readable
	   output.

       attach [NAME] [DEVICE...]
	   Persistently attach one or more devices to a seat. The devices
	   should be specified via device paths in the /sys 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, "-"
	   and "_" and must be prefixed with "seat". To drop assignment of a
	   device to a specific seat just reassign it to a different seat, or
	   use flush-devices.

       flush-devices
	   Removes all device assignments previously created with attach.
	   After this call only automatically generated seats will remain and
	   all seat hardware is assigned to them.

       terminate-seat [NAME...]
	   Terminates all sessions on a seat. This kills all processes of all
	   sessions on a seat and deallocates all runtime resources attached
	   to them.

EXIT STATUS
       On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

ENVIRONMENT
       $SYSTEMD_PAGER
	   Pager to use when --no-pager is not given; overrides $PAGER.
	   Setting this to an empty string or the value cat is equivalent to
	   passing --no-pager.

SEE ALSO
       systemd(1), systemctl(1), systemd-logind.service(8), logind.conf(5)

systemd 204							   LOGINCTL(1)
[top]

List of man pages available for ElementaryOS

Copyright (c) for man pages and the logo by the respective OS vendor.

For those who want to learn more, the polarhome community provides shell access and support.

[legal] [privacy] [GNU] [policy] [cookies] [netiquette] [sponsors] [FAQ]
Tweet
Polarhome, production since 1999.
Member of Polarhome portal.
Based on Fawad Halim's script.
....................................................................
Vote for polarhome
Free Shell Accounts :: the biggest list on the net