DM-TOOL(1) General Commands Manual DM-TOOL(1)
NAME
dm-tool - a tool to control the display manager
SYNOPSIS
dm-tool [ OPTIONS ] COMMAND [ ARGS ]
DESCRIPTION
dm-tool is a tool to communicate with the LightDM display manager.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Show help options
--version
Show release version
--session-bus
Attempt to connect to the display manager using the session bus.
This is useful if you are running a display manager in a test
mode. If this option is not present dm-tool will connect using
the system bus.
The following commands are available:
switch-to-greeter
Switch to the greeter suitable for logging into a new session.
switch-to-user USERNAME [SESSION]
Switch to a user session. If this user is already logged in
then the display manager will switch to that session, otherwise
a new session is started. If authentication is required a
greeter will start to collect this. If the session option is
provided then this session type will be used, otherwise the de-
fault for this user is used.
switch-to-guest [SESSION]
Switch to a guest session. If the guest session is already ac-
tive the display manager will switch to that session, otherwise
the guest session is started. If the session option is provided
then this session type will be used, otherwise the default for
the guest user is used.
lock Lock the current seat. This will switch to a greeter with a
hint that the screen is locked. You can return to this session
by authenticating in the greeter.
list-seats
List the active seats and sessions that are running.
add-nested-seat
Start an X server inside a session and connect it to a display
manager.
add-local-x-seat DISPLAY_NUMBER
Connect an existing X server to the display manager.
add-seat TYPE [NAME=VALUE...]
Add a dynamic seat.
SEE ALSO
lightdm(1)
7 November 2013 DM-TOOL(1)
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