Login manager

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Not to be confused with Password manager.

A login manager is a login system for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It comprises a login daemon, a login user interface, and a system for tracking login sessions.[1] When a user tries to log in, the login manager passes the user's credentials to an authentication system.

Since an X display manager is a graphical user interface for login, some people use the terms display manager and login manager synonymously.[2]

systemd, an init daemon for Linux, has an integrated login manager; its login daemon is called logind.[3] systemd's login manager is a replacement for the no longer maintained ConsoleKit.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Configuring Login Manager". Solaris Common Desktop Environment: Advanced User's and System Administrator's Guide. Palo Alto: Sun Microsystems. 2000. https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/806-1361/6jaldfjib/. Retrieved 26 July 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Display Manager". Arch Linux. 23 July 2005. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Display_Manager. 
  3. ↑ "systemd-logind.service". https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-logind.service.html. 
  4. ↑ "ConsoleKit". https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit/. 



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