dm-tool

linux

A tool to communicate with the display manager.

Examples (4)

Show the greeter while keeping current desktop session open and waiting to be restored upon authentication by logged in user

dm-tool switch-to-greeter

Lock the current session

dm-tool lock

Switch to a specific user, showing an authentication prompt if required

dm-tool switch-to-user username session

Add a dynamic seat from within a running LightDM session

dm-tool add-seat xlocal name=value