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man: Clarify initial/default sessions

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Kenny Levinsen 2020-04-01 18:40:53 +02:00
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# NAME
greetd - A greeter daemon / login manager daemon
greetd - A login manager daemon
# SYNOPSIS
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greetd operates on *sessions*. A greeter creates a session, attempts to
authenticate a user in it, and finally, uses it start an arbitrary
application. When greetd is launched, as no session is pending start yet,
greetd starts the configured *greeter*, which is simply a pre-configured
auto-login session.
application.
There are two types of preconfigured sessions: The default session, also known
as the *greeter*, and the optional initial session, serving the purpose of
"auto-login". The initial session, if configured, is started once when greetd
launches. The default session is started on launch if an initial session is
not configured, and started again whenever no session is running, such as when
the user logs out.
An IPC socket is exposed to this greeter, as reported by *GREETD_SOCK*. The
greeter can use this to create, authenticate and finally start a session. For
@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ greetd will start the new session. Once this session terminates, the process
starts over.
greetd makes no assumptions about any sessions, including the greeter. They
can be text-based, running in the active console, or full on graphical
can be text-based, running in the active console, or full-on graphical
environments.
# CONFIGURATION

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# CONFIGURATION
The configuration is divided into *sections*. Sections are delimited like so:
```
[section_name]
config_key = value
```
Configuration keys can be integer literals, or quote-delimited strings. The
configuration sections are described below.
## terminal
This section contains terminal configuration.
@ -29,7 +39,7 @@ This section contains terminal configuration.
## default_session
This section describes the default session, also referred to as the "greeter".
This section describes the default session, also referred to as the *greeter*.
*command* = command-line
The command-line to run to start the default session, e.g. "agreety -c sway".
@ -55,9 +65,11 @@ This optional section describes the initial session, commonly referred to as
*user* = user
The user to use for running the initial session.
# EXAMPLE
# EXAMPLES
```toml
## Regular setup with agreety and sway
```
[terminal]
vt = 1
@ -65,6 +77,20 @@ vt = 1
command = "agreety -c sway"
```
## Auto-login
```
[terminal]
vt = 1
[default_session]
command = "agreety -c sway"
[initial_session]
command = "sway"
user = "john"
```
# AUTHORS
Maintained by Kenny Levinsen <contact@kl.wtf>. For more information about