NAME

       slim - Simple LogIn Manager

SYNOPSIS

       slim [options] [<arguments>]

DESCRIPTION

       SLiM  is  a  lightweight  login  manager  for  X11, allowing the initialization of a graphical session by
       entering username and password in a login screen.  It  is  desktop-agnostic  and  should  work  (suitably
       configured) with any session style.

OPTIONS

       -c /path/to/config
              select a non-standard configuration file instead of /etc/slim.conf

       -d     run as a daemon

       -n     do NOT run as a daemon

       -s     be  systemd  compatible  by  disabling  consolekit support. This option does nothing if consolekit
              support has not been built in.

       -p /path/to/theme
              display a preview of the theme. An already running X11 session is required for theme preview.

       -w <www>x<hhh>
              set the size of the window used for theme preview. This option is only valid after a -p option

       -h     display a brief help message

       -v     display version information

EXAMPLES

       slim -d
              run slim in daemon mode

       slim -p /usr/share/slim/themes/default -w 800x600
              preview of the default theme at low resolution

STARTING SLIM AT BOOT

       Please refer to the documentation of your Operating System to make slim automatically startup  after  the
       system  boots.  In  particular, the method is very different between SysV, OpenRC, runit and systemd init
       processes.

CONFIGURATION

       Global configuration is stored in the /etc/slim.conf file.  See  the  comments  inside  the  file  for  a
       detailed explanation of the options.

USAGE AND SPECIAL USERNAMES

       When started, slim will show a login panel; enter the username and password of the user you want to login
       as.

       Special usernames:

       console
              open an xterm login console. No password needed

       exit   quit slim. No password needed. See the note in BUGS.

       halt   shutdown the machine

       reboot reboot the machine

       suspend
              power-suspend the machine

       See the configuration file for customizing the above commands.  The 'halt' and 'reboot' commands need the
       root password, and hence may not work on systems where root login is disabled.

       Shortcuts:

       F11    executes a custom command (by default takes a screenshot)

       F1     choose session type from session list.

BUGS

       When  run  as  a daemon from OpenRC (and possibly other init systems), causing SLiM to quit can sometimes
       result in a blank screen and  unresponsive  computer.   This  includes  when  using  the  "exit"  special
       username.

       SLiM does not handle expired passwords and treats them as expired accounts.

       Probably still a few more but I'm working on them.

AUTHORS

       Simone Rota <sip@varlock.com>

       Johannes Winkelmann <jw@tks6.net>

       Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>

       Rob Pearce <slim@flitspace.org.uk>

SEE ALSO

       slimlock(1)

       See the online documentation at the SLiM web site for further information on themes, FAQs, etc.

                                                January 14, 2023                                         slim(1)