logind.conf
elogind
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Lennart
Poettering
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logind.conf
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logind.conf
Login manager configuration files
/etc/elogind/logind.conf
Description
These files configure various parameters of the elogind
login manager.
Options
All login options are configured in the
[Login] section, system sleep options are
configured in the [Sleep] section.
[Login] section:
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
screen1.
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 elogind will hold off on reacting to
LID events. This is required for the system to properly
detect any hotplugged devices so elogind can ignore LID events
if external monitors, or docks, are connected. If set to 0,
elogind will always react immediately, possibly before the
kernel fully probed all hotplugged devices. This is safe, as
long as you do not care for elogind 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.
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.
[Sleep] section:
elogind supports three general
power-saving modes:
suspend
a low-power state
where execution of the OS is paused,
and complete power loss might result
in lost data, and which is fast to
enter and exit. This corresponds to
suspend, standby, or freeze states as
understood by the kernel.
hibernate
a low-power state
where execution of the OS is paused,
and complete power loss does not
result in lost data, and which might
be slow to enter and exit. This
corresponds to the hibernation as
understood by the kernel.
hybrid-sleep
a low-power state
where execution of the OS is paused,
which might be slow to enter, and on
complete power loss does not result in
lost data but might be slower to exit
in that case. This mode is called
suspend-to-both by the kernel.
SuspendMode=
HibernateMode=
HybridSleepMode=
The string to be written to
/sys/power/disk by elogind.
More than one value can be specified by separating
multiple values with whitespace. They will be tried
in turn, until one is written without error. If
neither succeeds, the operation will be aborted.
SuspendState=
HibernateState=
HybridSleepState=
The string to be written to
/sys/power/state by elogind.
More than one value can be specified by separating
multiple values with whitespace. They will be tried
in turn, until one is written without error. If
neither succeeds, the operation will be aborted.
See Also
elogind8,
loginctl1,