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diff --git a/man/loginctl.xml b/man/loginctl.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..be72cc331a --- /dev/null +++ b/man/loginctl.xml @@ -0,0 +1,458 @@ +<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> + +<!-- + This file is part of systemd. + + Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering + + systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +--> + +<refentry id="loginctl"> + + <refentryinfo> + <title>loginctl</title> + <productname>systemd</productname> + + <authorgroup> + <author> + <contrib>Developer</contrib> + <firstname>Lennart</firstname> + <surname>Poettering</surname> + <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> + </author> + </authorgroup> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>loginctl</refname> + <refname>systemd-loginctl</refname> + <refpurpose>Control the systemd login manager</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>loginctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg></command> + </cmdsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para><command>loginctl</command> may be used to + introspect and control the state of the + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + login manager.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Options</title> + + <para>The following options are understood:</para> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--help</option></term> + <term><option>-h</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Prints a short help + text and exits.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--version</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Prints a short version + string and exits.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--property=</option></term> + <term><option>-p</option></term> + + <listitem><para>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 + <literal>Sessions</literal>. If + specified more than once all + properties with the specified names + are shown.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--all</option></term> + <term><option>-a</option></term> + + <listitem><para>When showing + unit/job/manager properties, show all + properties regardless whether they are + set or not.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--no-pager</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a + pager.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--kill-who=</option></term> + + <listitem><para>When used with + <command>kill-session</command>, + choose which processes to kill. Must + be one of <option>leader</option>, or + <option>all</option> to select whether + to kill only the leader process of the + session or all processes of the + session. If omitted defaults to + <option>all</option>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--signal=</option></term> + <term><option>-s</option></term> + + <listitem><para>When used with + <command>kill-session</command> or + <command>kill-user</command>, 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 + <option>SIGTERM</option>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>-H</option></term> + <term><option>--host</option></term> + + <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>-P</option></term> + <term><option>--privileged</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Acquire privileges via + PolicyKit before executing the + operation.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + + <para>The following commands are understood:</para> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><command>list-sessions</command></term> + + <listitem><para>List current sessions.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>session-status [ID...]</command></term> + + <listitem><para>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 + <command>show-session</command> + instead.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>show-session [ID...]</command></term> + + <listitem><para>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 <option>--all</option> + to show those too. To select specific + properties to show use + <option>--property=</option>. This + command is intended to be used + whenever computer-parsable output is + required. Use + <command>session-status</command> if + you are looking for formatted + human-readable + output.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>activate [ID...]</command></term> + + <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>lock-session [ID...]</command></term> + <term><command>unlock-session [ID...]</command></term> + + <listitem><para>Activates/deactivates + the screen lock on one or more + sessions, if the session supports it.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>terminate-session [ID...]</command></term> + + <listitem><para>Terminates a + session. This kills all processes of + the session and deallocates all + resources attached to the + session.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>kill-session [ID...]</command></term> + + <listitem><para>Send a signal to one + or more processes of the session. Use + <option>--kill-who=</option> to select + which process to kill. Use + <option>--signal=</option> to select + the signal to send.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>list-users</command></term> + + <listitem><para>List currently logged + in users.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>user-status [USER...]</command></term> + + <listitem><para>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 + <command>show-user</command> + instead. Users may be specified by + their usernames or numeric user + IDs.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>show-user [USER...]</command></term> + + <listitem><para>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 <option>--all</option> + to show those too. To select specific + properties to show use + <option>--property=</option>. This + command is intended to be used + whenever computer-parsable output is + required. Use + <command>user-status</command> if + you are looking for formatted + human-readable + output.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>enable-linger [USER...]</command></term> + <term><command>disable-linger [USER...]</command></term> + + <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>terminate-user [USER...]</command></term> + + <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>kill-user [USER...]</command></term> + + <listitem><para>Send a signal to all + processes of a user. Use + <option>--signal=</option> to select + the signal to send.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>list-seats</command></term> + + <listitem><para>List currently + available seats on the local + system.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>seat-status [NAME...]</command></term> + + <listitem><para>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 + <command>show-seat</command> + instead.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>show-seat [NAME...]</command></term> + + <listitem><para>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 <option>--all</option> + to show those too. To select specific + properties to show use + <option>--property=</option>. This + command is intended to be used + whenever computer-parsable output is + required. Use + <command>seat-status</command> if you + are looking for formatted + human-readable + output.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>attach [NAME] [DEVICE...]</command></term> + + <listitem><para>Attach one or more + devices to a seat. The devices should + be specified via device paths in the + <filename>/sys</filename> file + system. To create a new seat attach at + least one graphics card to a + previously unused seat names. 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 + <command>flush-devices</command>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>flush-devices</command></term> + + <listitem><para>Removes all device + assignments previously created with + <command>attach</command>. After this + call only automatically generated + seats will remain and all seat + hardware is assigned to + them.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>terminate-seat [NAME...]</command></term> + + <listitem><para>Terminates all + sessions on a seat. This kills all + processes of all sessions on a seat and + deallocates all runtime resources + attached to them.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Exit status</title> + + <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure + code otherwise.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Environment</title> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term> + <listitem><para>Pager to use when + <option>--no-pager</option> is not given; + overrides <varname>$PAGER</varname>. Setting + this to an empty string or the value + <literal>cat</literal> is equivalent to passing + <option>--no-pager</option>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> + +</refentry> |