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).

CONFIGURATION DIRECTORIES AND PRECEDENCE

       The default configuration is defined during compilation, so a configuration file is only needed when it
       is necessary to deviate from those defaults. By default, the configuration file in /etc/systemd/ contains
       commented out entries showing the defaults as a guide to the administrator. This file can be edited to
       create local overrides.

       When packages need to customize the configuration, they can install configuration snippets in
       /usr/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/. Files in /etc/ are reserved for the local administrator, who may use this
       logic to override the configuration files installed by vendor packages. The main configuration file is
       read before any of the configuration directories, and has the lowest precedence; entries in a file in any
       configuration directory override entries in the single configuration file. Files in the *.conf.d/
       configuration subdirectories are sorted by their filename in lexicographic order, regardless of which of
       the subdirectories they reside in. If multiple files specify the same option, the entry in the file with
       the lexicographically latest name takes 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.

       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.

       KillUserProcesses=
           Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether the processes of a user should be killed when the user
           completely logs out (i.e. after the user's last session ended). Defaults to "no".

           Note that setting KillUserProcesses=1 will break tools like screen(1).

       KillOnlyUsers=, KillExcludeUsers=
           These settings take space-separated lists of usernames that influence the effect of
           KillUserProcesses=. If not empty, only processes of users listed in KillOnlyUsers= will be killed
           when they log out entirely. Processes of users listed in KillExcludeUsers= are excluded from being
           killed.  KillExcludeUsers= defaults to "root" and takes precedence over KillOnlyUsers=, which
           defaults to the empty list.

       IdleAction=
           Configures the action to take when the system is idle. Takes one of "ignore", "poweroff", "reboot",
           "halt", "kexec", "suspend", "hibernate", "hybrid-sleep", 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.

       IdleActionSec=
           Configures the delay after which the action configured in IdleAction= (see above) is taken after the
           system is idle.

       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.

       HandlePowerKey=, HandleSuspendKey=, HandleHibernateKey=, HandleLidSwitch=, HandleLidSwitchDocked=
           Controls whether logind shall handle the system power and sleep keys and the lid switch to trigger
           actions such as system power-off or suspend. Can be one of "ignore", "poweroff", "reboot", "halt",
           "kexec", "suspend", "hibernate", "hybrid-sleep", and "lock". If "ignore", 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".  HandleSuspendKey= and
           HandleLidSwitch= default to "suspend".  HandleLidSwitchDocked= defaults to "ignore".
           HandleHibernateKey= defaults to "hibernate". If the system is inserted in a docking station, or if
           more than one display is connected, the action specified by HandleLidSwitchDocked= occurs; otherwise
           the HandleLidSwitch= action occurs.

       PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=, SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=, HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=,
       LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=
           Controls whether actions triggered by the power and sleep keys and the lid switch are subject to
           inhibitor locks. These settings take boolean arguments. If "no", the inhibitor locks taken by
           applications in order to block the requested operation are respected. If "yes", the requested
           operation is executed in any case.  PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=, SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited= and
           HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited= default to "no".  LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited= defaults to "yes". This
           means that the lid switch does not respect suspend blockers by default, but the power and sleep keys
           do.

       HoldoffTimeoutSec=
           Specifies the timeout 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.

       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.

       UserTasksMax=
           Sets the maximum number of OS tasks each user may run concurrently. This controls the TasksMax=
           setting of the per-user slice unit, see systemd.resource-control(5) for details. Defaults to 12288
           (12K). If assigned the special value "infinity", no tasks limit is applied.

       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".

SEE ALSO

       systemd(1), systemd-logind.service(8), loginctl(1), systemd-system.conf(5)