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TTYAUTOLOCK

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
SYSTEMD USER SERVICE
SEE ALSO

NAME

ttyautolock - Lock session if associated TTY loses focus

SYNOPSIS

[ SESSION_ID | auto ]

DESCRIPTION

Takes session ID or auto , finds associated TTY, watches /sys/class/tty/tty0/active for changes. Locks session on transition from associated TTY to any other. Locking is done via " loginctl lock-session ".

auto argument relies on " loginctl show-session auto " behavior.

SYSTEMD USER SERVICE

ttyautolock@.service with default auto specifier can be enabled and started to always lock graphical session on TTY switch.

Alternatively it can be started on-demand and with custom session ID as specifier.

SEE ALSO

loginct (1), inotifywait (1)