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NAME
logind.conf, logind.conf.d - Login manager configuration files
SYNOPSIS
/etc/systemd/logind.conf
/etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/*.conf
/run/systemd/logind.conf.d/*.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/logind.conf.d/*.conf
DESCRIPTION
These files configure various parameters of the systemd login manager, systemd-
logind.service(8). See systemd.syntax(7) for a general description of the syntax.
CONFIGURATION DIRECTORIES AND PRECEDENCE
The default configuration is set during compilation, so configuration is only needed when
it is necessary to deviate from those defaults. The main configuration file is either in
/usr/lib/systemd/ or /etc/systemd/ and contains commented out entries showing the defaults
as a guide to the administrator. Local overrides can be created by creating drop-ins, as
described below. The main configuration file can also be edited for this purpose (or a
copy in /etc/ if it's shipped in /usr/) however using drop-ins for local configuration is
recommended over modifications to the main configuration file.
In addition to the "main" configuration file, drop-in configuration snippets are read from
/usr/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/, /usr/local/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/, and /etc/systemd/*.conf.d/.
Those drop-ins have higher precedence and override the main configuration file. Files in
the *.conf.d/ configuration subdirectories are sorted by their filename in lexicographic
order, regardless of in which of the subdirectories they reside. When multiple files
specify the same option, for options which accept just a single value, the entry in the
file sorted last takes precedence, and for options which accept a list of values, entries
are collected as they occur in the sorted files.
When packages need to customize the configuration, they can install drop-ins under /usr/.
Files in /etc/ are reserved for the local administrator, who may use this logic to
override the configuration files installed by vendor packages. Drop-ins have to be used to
override package drop-ins, since the main configuration file has lower 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. This also defined a concept of drop-in
priority to allow distributions to ship drop-ins within a specific range lower than the
range used by users. This should lower the risk of package drop-ins overriding
accidentally drop-ins defined by users.
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.
Added in version 190.
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 "no", 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 processes in 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",
"suspend-then-hibernate", 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.
Added in version 198.
IdleActionSec=
Configures the delay after which the action configured in IdleAction= (see above) is
taken after the system is idle.
Added in version 198.
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.
UserStopDelaySec=
Specifies how long to keep the user record and per-user service user@.service around
for a user after they logged out fully. If set to zero, the per-user service is
terminated immediately when the last session of the user has ended. If this option is
configured to non-zero rapid logout/login cycles are sped up, as the user's service
manager is not constantly restarted. If set to "infinity" the per-user service for a
user is never terminated again after first login, and continues to run until system
shutdown. Defaults to 10s.
Added in version 240.
HandlePowerKey=, HandlePowerKeyLongPress=, HandleRebootKey=, HandleRebootKeyLongPress=,
HandleSuspendKey=, HandleSuspendKeyLongPress=, HandleHibernateKey=,
HandleHibernateKeyLongPress=, HandleLidSwitch=, HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=,
HandleLidSwitchDocked=
Controls how logind shall handle the system power, reboot and sleep keys and the lid
switch to trigger actions such as system power-off, reboot or suspend. Can be one of
"ignore", "poweroff", "reboot", "halt", "kexec", "suspend", "hibernate",
"hybrid-sleep", "suspend-then-hibernate", "lock", and "factory-reset". If "ignore",
systemd-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", HandleRebootKey= defaults to "reboot",
HandleSuspendKey= defaults to "suspend", HandleHibernateKey= defaults to "hibernate",
HandlePowerKeyLongPress= defaults to "ignore", HandleRebootKeyLongPress= defaults to
"poweroff", HandleSuspendKeyLongPress= defaults to "hibernate",
HandleHibernateKeyLongPress= defaults to "ignore". HandleLidSwitch= defaults to
"suspend". HandleLidSwitchExternalPower= is completely ignored by default (for
backwards compatibility) — an explicit value must be set before it will be used to
determine behaviour. HandleLidSwitchDocked= defaults to "ignore". If the system is
inserted in a docking station, or if more than one display is connected, the action
specified by HandleLidSwitchDocked= occurs; if the system is on external power the
action (if any) specified by HandleLidSwitchExternalPower= occurs; otherwise the
HandleLidSwitch= action occurs.
A different application may disable logind's handling of system power and sleep keys
and the lid switch by taking a low-level inhibitor lock ("handle-power-key",
"handle-suspend-key", "handle-hibernate-key", "handle-lid-switch",
"handle-reboot-key"). This is most commonly used by graphical desktop environments to
take over suspend and hibernation handling, and to use their own configuration
mechanisms. If a low-level inhibitor lock is taken, logind will not take any action
when that key or switch is triggered and the Handle*= settings are irrelevant.
Added in version 184.
PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=, SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=, HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=,
LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=, RebootKeyIgnoreInhibited=
Controls whether actions that systemd-logind takes when the power, reboot and sleep
keys and the lid switch are triggered are subject to high-level inhibitor locks
("shutdown", "reboot", "sleep", "idle"). Low level inhibitor locks
("handle-power-key", "handle-suspend-key", "handle-hibernate-key",
"handle-lid-switch", "handle-reboot-key"), are always honored, irrespective of this
setting.
These settings take boolean arguments. If "no", the inhibitor locks taken by
applications are respected. If "yes", "shutdown", "reboot" "sleep", and "idle"
inhibitor locks are ignored. PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=, SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=,
HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited= and RebootKeyIgnoreInhibited= default to "no".
LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited= defaults to "yes". This means that when systemd-logind is
handling events by itself (no low level inhibitor locks are taken by another
application), the lid switch does not respect suspend blockers by default, but the
power and sleep keys do.
Added in version 190.
HoldoffTimeoutSec=
Specifies a period of time 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.
Added in version 220.
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.
Added in version 211.
RuntimeDirectoryInodesMax=
Sets the limit on number of inodes for the $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR runtime directory for each
user who logs in. Takes a number, optionally suffixed with the usual K, G, M, and T
suffixes, to the base 1024 (IEC). Defaults to RuntimeDirectorySize= divided by 4096.
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.
Added in version 246.
InhibitorsMax=
Controls the maximum number of concurrent inhibitors to permit. Defaults to 8192 (8K).
Added in version 230.
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.
Added in version 230.
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".
Added in version 212.
StopIdleSessionSec=
Specifies a timeout in seconds, or a time span value after which systemd-logind checks
the idle state of all sessions. Every session that is idle for longer then the timeout
will be stopped. Defaults to "infinity" (systemd-logind is not checking the idle state
of sessions). For details about the syntax of time spans, see systemd.time(7).
Added in version 252.
SEE ALSO
systemd(1), systemd-logind.service(8), loginctl(1), systemd-system.conf(5)