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<refentry id="systemd-logind.conf">
        <refentryinfo>
                <title>systemd-logind.conf</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>systemd-logind.conf</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
        </refmeta>

        <refnamediv>
                <refname>systemd-logind.conf</refname>
                <refpurpose>Login manager configuration file</refpurpose>
        </refnamediv>

        <refsynopsisdiv>
                <para><filename>systemd-logind.conf</filename></para>
        </refsynopsisdiv>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Description</title>

                <para>This files configures various parameters of the systemd login manager.</para>

        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Options</title>

                <para>All options are configured in the
                <literal>[Login]</literal> section:</para>

                <variablelist>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><varname>NAutoVTs=</varname></term>

                                <listitem><para>Takes a positive
                                integer. How many virtual terminals to
                                allocate by default and when switched
                                to autospawn <literal>autovt</literal>
                                services on (if they are otherwise
                                unused). These services are
                                instantiated from a template of
                                <filename>autovt@.service</filename>
                                with the virtual terminal TTY name,
                                e.g. <filename>autovt@tty4.service</filename>. By
                                default
                                <filename>autovt@.service</filename>
                                is linked to
                                <filename>getty@.service</filename>,
                                i.e. login prompts are started
                                dynamically as the user switches to
                                unused virtual terminals, and this
                                parameter hence controls how many
                                gettys are available on the virtual
                                terminals. Defaults to 6. When set to
                                0, automatic spawning of
                                <literal>autovt</literal> services is
                                disabled.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><varname>KillUserProcesses=</varname></term>

                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
                                argument. Configures whether the
                                processes of a user should be killed
                                when she or he completely logs out (i.e. after
                                her/his last session ended). Defaults to
                                <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname></term>
                                <term><varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname></term>

                                <listitem><para>These settings take
                                space separated lists of user names
                                that influence the effect of
                                <varname>KillUserProcesses=</varname>. If
                                not empty only processes of users
                                listed in
                                <varname>KillOnlyUsers</varname> will
                                be killed when they log out
                                entirely. Processes of users listed in
                                <varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname>
                                are excluded from being
                                killed. <varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname>
                                defaults to <literal>root</literal>
                                and takes precedence over
                                <varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname>
                                which defaults to the empty list.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><varname>Controllers=</varname></term>
                                <term><varname>ResetControllers=</varname></term>

                                <listitem><para>These settings control
                                the default control group hierarchies
                                users logging are added to. When
                                logging in users will get private
                                control groups in all hierarchies
                                listed in
                                <varname>Controllers=</varname> and be
                                reset to the root control group in all
                                hierarchies listed in
                                <varname>ResetControllers=</varname>. <varname>Controllers=</varname>
                                defaults to the empty list,
                                <varname>ResetControllers=</varname>
                                defaults to
                                <literal>cpu</literal>.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>
                </variablelist>

                <para>Note that setting
                <varname>KillUserProcesses=1</varname> will break tools
                like
                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>screen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>

                <para>Note that <varname>KillUserProcesses=1</varname>
                is a weaker version of
                <varname>kill-session-processes=1</varname> which may
                be configured per-service for
                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
                latter kills processes of a session as soon as it
                ends, the former kills processes as soon as the last
                session of the user ends.</para>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                  <title>See Also</title>
                  <para>
                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                  </para>
        </refsect1>

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