systemd-user-sessions.service(8)

systemd-user-sessions.service8

Permit user logins after boot, prohibit user logins at shutdown

Usage

systemd-user-sessions.service

Overview

systemd-user-sessions.service is a service that controls user logins through pam_nologin(8). After basic system initialization is complete, it removes /run/nologin, thus permitting logins. Before system shutdown, it creates /run/nologin, thus prohibiting further logins.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 12
  6. 13
  7. Arch

From systemd 262.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.