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Usage

Overview

SLiM is a lightweight login manager for X11, allowing the initialization of a graphical session by entering username and password in a login screen. It is desktop-agnostic and should work (suitably configured) with any session style.

Options

-c /path/to/config

select a non-standard configuration file instead of /etc/slim.conf

-d

run as a daemon

-n

do NOT run as a daemon

-s

be systemd compatible by disabling consolekit support. This option does nothing if consolekit support has not been built in.

-p /path/to/theme

display a preview of the theme. An already running X11 session is required for theme preview.

-w <www>x<hhh>

set the size of the window used for theme preview. This option is only valid after a -p option

-h

display a brief help message

-v

display version information

Examples

Starting slim at boot

Please refer to the documentation of your Operating System to make slim automatically startup after the system boots. In particular, the method is very different between SysV, OpenRC, runit and systemd init processes.

Configuration

Global configuration is stored in the /etc/slim.conf file. See the comments inside the file for a detailed explanation of the options.

Usage and special usernames

When started, slim will show a login panel; enter the username and password of the user you want to login as.

Special usernames:

See the configuration file for customizing the above commands. The 'halt' and 'reboot' commands need the root password, and hence may not work on systems where root login is disabled.

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