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d3fae78f 9<refentry id="logind.conf" conditional='ENABLE_LOGIND'
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10 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
11 <refentryinfo>
12 <title>logind.conf</title>
13 <productname>systemd</productname>
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14 </refentryinfo>
15
16 <refmeta>
17 <refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle>
18 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
19 </refmeta>
20
21 <refnamediv>
22 <refname>logind.conf</refname>
23 <refname>logind.conf.d</refname>
24 <refpurpose>Login manager configuration files</refpurpose>
25 </refnamediv>
26
27 <refsynopsisdiv>
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28 <para><simplelist>
29 <member><filename>/etc/systemd/logind.conf</filename></member>
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30 <member><filename>/run/systemd/logind.conf</filename></member>
31 <member><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/logind.conf</filename></member>
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32 <member><filename>/etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/*.conf</filename></member>
33 <member><filename>/run/systemd/logind.conf.d/*.conf</filename></member>
34 <member><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/logind.conf.d/*.conf</filename></member>
35 </simplelist></para>
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36 </refsynopsisdiv>
37
38 <refsect1>
39 <title>Description</title>
40
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41 <para>These files configure various parameters of the systemd login manager,
42 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. See
675fa6ea 43 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.syntax</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
0f943ae4 44 for a general description of the syntax.</para>
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45 </refsect1>
46
e93549ef 47 <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="main-conf" />
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48
49 <refsect1>
50 <title>Options</title>
51
52 <para>All options are configured in the
bdac5608 53 [Login] section:</para>
798d3a52 54
d2acdcc6 55 <variablelist class='config-directives'>
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56
57 <varlistentry>
58 <term><varname>NAutoVTs=</varname></term>
59
60 <listitem><para>Takes a positive integer. Configures how many
61 virtual terminals (VTs) to allocate by default that, when
62 switched to and are previously unused,
63 <literal>autovt</literal> services are automatically spawned
64 on. These services are instantiated from the template unit
65 <filename>autovt@.service</filename> for the respective VT TTY
66 name, for example, <filename>autovt@tty4.service</filename>.
67 By default, <filename>autovt@.service</filename> is linked to
68 <filename>getty@.service</filename>. In other words, login
69 prompts are started dynamically as the user switches to unused
70 virtual terminals. Hence, this parameter controls how many
71 login <literal>gettys</literal> are available on the VTs. If a
72 VT is already used by some other subsystem (for example, a
73 graphical login), this kind of activation will not be
74 attempted. Note that the VT configured in
75 <varname>ReserveVT=</varname> is always subject to this kind
76 of activation, even if it is not one of the VTs configured
77 with the <varname>NAutoVTs=</varname> directive. Defaults to
78 6. When set to 0, automatic spawning of
79 <literal>autovt</literal> services is
80 disabled.</para></listitem>
81 </varlistentry>
82
83 <varlistentry>
84 <term><varname>ReserveVT=</varname></term>
85
86 <listitem><para>Takes a positive integer. Identifies one
87 virtual terminal that shall unconditionally be reserved for
88 <filename>autovt@.service</filename> activation (see above).
89 The VT selected with this option will be marked busy
90 unconditionally, so that no other subsystem will allocate it.
91 This functionality is useful to ensure that, regardless of how
92 many VTs are allocated by other subsystems, one login
93 <literal>getty</literal> is always available. Defaults to 6
94 (in other words, there will always be a
95 <literal>getty</literal> available on Alt-F6.). When set to 0,
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96 VT reservation is disabled.</para>
97
98 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v190"/></listitem>
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99 </varlistentry>
100
101 <varlistentry>
102 <term><varname>KillUserProcesses=</varname></term>
103
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104 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether the processes of a
105 user should be killed when the user logs out. If true, the scope unit
106 corresponding to the session and all processes inside that scope will be
4f25723c 107 terminated. If false, the scope is "abandoned", see
65eb37f8 108 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
c7f7e859 109 and processes are not killed. Defaults to <literal>&KILL_USER_PROCESSES;</literal>,
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110 but see the options <varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname> and
111 <varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname> below.</para>
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112
113 <para>In addition to session processes, user process may run under the user
114 manager unit <filename>user@.service</filename>. Depending on the linger
115 settings, this may allow users to run processes independent of their login
116 sessions. See the description of <command>enable-linger</command> in
117 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
118 </para>
119
120 <para>Note that setting <varname>KillUserProcesses=yes</varname>
798d3a52 121 will break tools like
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122 <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>screen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
123 and
124 <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>tmux</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
125 unless they are moved out of the session scope. See example in
126 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
127 </para></listitem>
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128 </varlistentry>
129
130 <varlistentry>
131 <term><varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname></term>
132 <term><varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname></term>
133
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134 <listitem><para>These settings take space-separated lists of usernames that override the
135 <varname>KillUserProcesses=</varname> setting. A user name may be added to
136 <varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname> to exclude the processes in the session scopes of that user from
137 being killed even if <varname>KillUserProcesses=yes</varname> is set. If
138 <varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname> is not set, the <literal>root</literal> user is excluded by
139 default. <varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname> may be set to an empty value to override this
140 default. If a user is not excluded, <varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname> is checked next. If this
141 setting is specified, only the processes in the session scopes of those users will be
142 killed. Otherwise, users are subject to the <varname>KillUserProcesses=yes</varname> setting.
143 </para></listitem>
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144 </varlistentry>
145
146 <varlistentry>
147 <term><varname>IdleAction=</varname></term>
148
149 <listitem><para>Configures the action to take when the system
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150 is idle. Takes one of <literal>ignore</literal>, <literal>poweroff</literal>, <literal>reboot</literal>,
151 <literal>halt</literal>, <literal>kexec</literal>, <literal>suspend</literal>, <literal>hibernate</literal>,
152 <literal>hybrid-sleep</literal>, <literal>suspend-then-hibernate</literal>, <literal>sleep</literal>,
153 and <literal>lock</literal>. Defaults to <literal>ignore</literal>.</para>
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154
155 <para>Note that this requires that user sessions correctly
156 report the idle status to the system. The system will execute
157 the action after all sessions report that they are idle, no
158 idle inhibitor lock is active, and subsequently, the time
159 configured with <varname>IdleActionSec=</varname> (see below)
160 has expired.</para>
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161
162 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v198"/>
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163 </listitem>
164 </varlistentry>
165
166 <varlistentry>
167 <term><varname>IdleActionSec=</varname></term>
168
169 <listitem><para>Configures the delay after which the action
170 configured in <varname>IdleAction=</varname> (see above) is
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171 taken after the system is idle.</para>
172
173 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v198"/></listitem>
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174 </varlistentry>
175
176 <varlistentry>
177 <term><varname>InhibitDelayMaxSec=</varname></term>
178
179 <listitem><para>Specifies the maximum time a system shutdown
180 or sleep request is delayed due to an inhibitor lock of type
181 <literal>delay</literal> being active before the inhibitor is
182 ignored and the operation executes anyway. Defaults to
183 5.</para></listitem>
184 </varlistentry>
185
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186 <varlistentry>
187 <term><varname>UserStopDelaySec=</varname></term>
188
189 <listitem><para>Specifies how long to keep the user record and per-user service
190 <filename>user@.service</filename> around for a user after they logged out fully. If set to zero, the per-user
191 service is terminated immediately when the last session of the user has ended. If this option is configured to
192 non-zero rapid logout/login cycles are sped up, as the user's service manager is not constantly restarted. If
193 set to <literal>infinity</literal> the per-user service for a user is never terminated again after first login,
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194 and continues to run until system shutdown. Defaults to 10s.</para>
195
196 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v240"/></listitem>
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197 </varlistentry>
198
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199 <varlistentry>
200 <term><varname>SleepOperation=</varname></term>
201
202 <listitem><para>Takes a list of sleep operations. Possible values are <literal>suspend</literal>,
203 <literal>hibernate</literal>, <literal>hybrid-sleep</literal>, and <literal>suspend-then-hibernate</literal>.
204 Controls the candidate sleep operations for the <literal>sleep</literal> action. When <literal>sleep</literal>
205 action is performed, the specified sleep operations are checked in a fixed order (<literal>suspend-then-hibernate</literal>
206 → <literal>hybrid-sleep</literal> → <literal>suspend</literal> → <literal>hibernate</literal>), and
207 the first one supported by the machine is used to put the system into sleep. Defaults to
208 <literal>suspend-then-hibernate suspend hibernate</literal>.</para>
209
210 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/></listitem>
211 </varlistentry>
212
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213 <varlistentry>
214 <term><varname>HandlePowerKey=</varname></term>
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215 <term><varname>HandlePowerKeyLongPress=</varname></term>
216 <term><varname>HandleRebootKey=</varname></term>
217 <term><varname>HandleRebootKeyLongPress=</varname></term>
798d3a52 218 <term><varname>HandleSuspendKey=</varname></term>
a520bb66 219 <term><varname>HandleSuspendKeyLongPress=</varname></term>
798d3a52 220 <term><varname>HandleHibernateKey=</varname></term>
a520bb66 221 <term><varname>HandleHibernateKeyLongPress=</varname></term>
798d3a52 222 <term><varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname></term>
e25937a3 223 <term><varname>HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=</varname></term>
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224 <term><varname>HandleLidSwitchDocked=</varname></term>
225
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226 <listitem><para>Controls how logind shall handle the system power, reboot and sleep keys and the lid
227 switch to trigger actions such as system power-off, reboot or suspend. Can be one of
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228 <literal>ignore</literal>, <literal>poweroff</literal>, <literal>reboot</literal>, <literal>halt</literal>,
229 <literal>kexec</literal>, <literal>suspend</literal>, <literal>hibernate</literal>, <literal>hybrid-sleep</literal>,
230 <literal>suspend-then-hibernate</literal>, <literal>sleep</literal>, <literal>lock</literal>, and
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231 <literal>factory-reset</literal>. If <literal>ignore</literal>, <command>systemd-logind</command>
232 will never handle these keys. If <literal>lock</literal>, all running sessions will be screen-locked;
233 otherwise, the specified action will be taken in the respective event. Only input devices with the
234 <literal>power-switch</literal> udev tag will be watched for key/lid switch
235 events.</para>
236
237 <para><varname>HandlePowerKey=</varname> defaults to <literal>poweroff</literal>,
238 <varname>HandleRebootKey=</varname> defaults to <literal>reboot</literal>,
239 <varname>HandleSuspendKey=</varname> defaults to <literal>suspend</literal>,
240 <varname>HandleHibernateKey=</varname> defaults to <literal>hibernate</literal>,
241 <varname>HandlePowerKeyLongPress=</varname> defaults to <literal>ignore</literal>,
242 <varname>HandleRebootKeyLongPress=</varname> defaults to <literal>poweroff</literal>,
243 <varname>HandleSuspendKeyLongPress=</varname> defaults to <literal>hibernate</literal>,
244 <varname>HandleHibernateKeyLongPress=</varname> defaults to <literal>ignore</literal>.
245 <varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname> defaults to <literal>suspend</literal>.
246 <varname>HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=</varname> is completely ignored by default (for backwards
247 compatibility) — an explicit value must be set before it will be used to determine
248 behaviour. <varname>HandleLidSwitchDocked=</varname> defaults to <literal>ignore</literal>. If the
249 system is inserted in a docking station, or if more than one display is connected, the action
250 specified by <varname>HandleLidSwitchDocked=</varname> occurs; if the system is on external power the
251 action (if any) specified by <varname>HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=</varname> occurs; otherwise the
252 <varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname> action occurs.</para>
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253
254 <para>A different application may disable logind's handling of system power and
255 sleep keys and the lid switch by taking a low-level inhibitor lock
3daffa82 256 (<literal>handle-power-key</literal>, <literal>handle-suspend-key</literal>,
adbb2b6a 257 <literal>handle-hibernate-key</literal>, <literal>handle-lid-switch</literal>,
a520bb66 258 <literal>handle-reboot-key</literal>).
3daffa82 259 This is most commonly used by graphical desktop environments
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260 to take over suspend and hibernation handling, and to use their own configuration
261 mechanisms. If a low-level inhibitor lock is taken, logind will not take any
262 action when that key or switch is triggered and the <varname>Handle*=</varname>
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263 settings are irrelevant.</para>
264
265 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v184"/></listitem>
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266 </varlistentry>
267
268 <varlistentry>
269 <term><varname>PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
270 <term><varname>SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
271 <term><varname>HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
272 <term><varname>LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
adbb2b6a 273 <term><varname>RebootKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
798d3a52 274
05b2a8fd 275 <listitem><para>Controls whether actions that <command>systemd-logind</command>
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276 takes when the power, reboot and sleep keys and the lid switch are triggered are subject
277 to high-level inhibitor locks ("shutdown", "reboot", "sleep", "idle"). Low level inhibitor
3daffa82 278 locks (<literal>handle-power-key</literal>, <literal>handle-suspend-key</literal>,
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279 <literal>handle-hibernate-key</literal>, <literal>handle-lid-switch</literal>,
280 <literal>handle-reboot-key</literal>),
3daffa82 281 are always honored, irrespective of this setting.</para>
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282
283 <para>These settings take boolean arguments. If <literal>no</literal>, the
284 inhibitor locks taken by applications are respected. If <literal>yes</literal>,
adbb2b6a 285 "shutdown", "reboot" "sleep", and "idle" inhibitor locks are ignored.
798d3a52 286 <varname>PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname>,
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287 <varname>SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname>,
288 <varname>HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname> and
289 <varname>RebootKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname> default to <literal>no</literal>.
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290 <varname>LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=</varname> defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.
291 This means that when <command>systemd-logind</command> is handling events by
292 itself (no low level inhibitor locks are taken by another application), the lid
293 switch does not respect suspend blockers by default, but the power and sleep keys
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294 do.</para>
295
296 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v190"/></listitem>
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297 </varlistentry>
298
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299 <varlistentry>
300 <term><varname>HoldoffTimeoutSec=</varname></term>
301
e9dd6984 302 <listitem><para>Specifies a period of time after system startup or
9d10cbee 303 system resume in which systemd will hold off on reacting to
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304 lid events. This is required for the system to properly
305 detect any hotplugged devices so systemd can ignore lid events
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306 if external monitors, or docks, are connected. If set to 0,
307 systemd will always react immediately, possibly before the
308 kernel fully probed all hotplugged devices. This is safe, as
309 long as you do not care for systemd to account for devices
310 that have been plugged or unplugged while the system was off.
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311 Defaults to 30s.</para>
312
313 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v220"/></listitem>
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314 </varlistentry>
315
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316 <varlistentry>
317 <term><varname>RuntimeDirectorySize=</varname></term>
318
319 <listitem><para>Sets the size limit on the
320 <varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname> runtime directory for each
321 user who logs in. Takes a size in bytes, optionally suffixed
322 with the usual K, G, M, and T suffixes, to the base 1024
323 (IEC). Alternatively, a numerical percentage suffixed by
324 <literal>%</literal> may be specified, which sets the size
325 limit relative to the amount of physical RAM. Defaults to 10%.
326 Note that this size is a safety limit only. As each runtime
327 directory is a tmpfs file system, it will only consume as much
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328 memory as is needed.</para>
329
330 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v211"/></listitem>
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331 </varlistentry>
332
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333 <varlistentry>
334 <term><varname>RuntimeDirectoryInodesMax=</varname></term>
335
336 <listitem><para>Sets the limit on number of inodes for the
337 <varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname> runtime directory for each
338 user who logs in. Takes a number, optionally suffixed with the
339 usual K, G, M, and T suffixes, to the base 1024 (IEC).
340 Defaults to <varname>RuntimeDirectorySize=</varname> divided
341 by 4096. Note that this size is a safety limit only.
342 As each runtime directory is a tmpfs file system, it will
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343 only consume as much memory as is needed.</para>
344
345 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v246"/></listitem>
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346 </varlistentry>
347
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348 <varlistentry>
349 <term><varname>InhibitorsMax=</varname></term>
350
351 <listitem><para>Controls the maximum number of concurrent inhibitors to permit. Defaults to 8192
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352 (8K).</para>
353
354 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v230"/></listitem>
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355 </varlistentry>
356
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357 <varlistentry>
358 <term><varname>SessionsMax=</varname></term>
359
360 <listitem><para>Controls the maximum number of concurrent user sessions to manage. Defaults to 8192
361 (8K). Depending on how the <filename>pam_systemd.so</filename> module is included in the PAM stack
362 configuration, further login sessions will either be refused, or permitted but not tracked by
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363 <filename>systemd-logind</filename>.</para>
364
365 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v230"/></listitem>
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366 </varlistentry>
367
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368 <varlistentry>
369 <term><varname>RemoveIPC=</varname></term>
370
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371 <listitem><para>Controls whether System V and POSIX IPC objects belonging to the user shall be removed when the
372 user fully logs out. Takes a boolean argument. If enabled, the user may not consume IPC resources after the
373 last of the user's sessions terminated. This covers System V semaphores, shared memory and message queues, as
374 well as POSIX shared memory and message queues. Note that IPC objects of the root user and other system users
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375 are excluded from the effect of this setting. Defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.</para>
376
377 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v212"/></listitem>
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378 </varlistentry>
379
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380 <varlistentry>
381 <term><varname>StopIdleSessionSec=</varname></term>
382
383 <listitem><para>Specifies a timeout in seconds, or a time span value after which
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384 <filename>systemd-logind</filename> checks the idle state of all sessions. Every session that is idle
385 for longer than the timeout will be stopped. Note that this option doesn't apply to
386 <literal>greeter</literal> or <literal>lock-screen</literal> sessions. Defaults to
387 <literal>infinity</literal> (<filename>systemd-logind</filename> is not checking the idle state
388 of sessions). For details about the syntax of time spans, see
82325af3 389 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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390 </para>
391
392 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v252"/></listitem>
82325af3 393 </varlistentry>
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394 </variablelist>
395 </refsect1>
396
397 <refsect1>
398 <title>See Also</title>
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399 <para><simplelist type="inline">
400 <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
401 <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
402 <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
403 <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
404 </simplelist></para>
798d3a52 405 </refsect1>
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407</refentry>