loginctl Command Examples

Manage the systemd login manager. More information: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/loginctl.html.

• Print all current sessions:

loginctl list-sessions

• 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]}}