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loginctl — Manage the systemd login manager. See also: `lslogins`. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.o

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Problem

How to use the loginctl command: Manage the systemd login manager. See also: lslogins. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/loginctl.html>.

Solution

loginctl — Manage the systemd login manager. See also: lslogins. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/loginctl.html>.

Print all current sessions:

loginctl

Print all properties of a specific session:

loginctl show-session {{session_id}} {{[-a|--all]}}

Print all properties of a specific user:

loginctl show-user {{username}}

Print a specific property of a user:

loginctl show-user {{username}} {{[-p|--property]}} {{property_name}}

Execute a loginctl operation on a remote host:

loginctl list-users {{[-H|--host]}} {{hostname}}

Log a user out on all of their sessions:

loginctl terminate-user {{username}}

Display help:

loginctl {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Print all current sessions

loginctl

Print all properties of a specific session

loginctl show-session {{session_id}} {{[-a|--all]}}

Print all properties of a specific user

loginctl show-user {{username}}

Print a specific property of a user

loginctl show-user {{username}} {{[-p|--property]}} {{property_name}}

Execute a `loginctl` operation on a remote host

loginctl list-users {{[-H|--host]}} {{hostname}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/loginctl

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