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systemd-user-sessions

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Permit user logins after boot, prohibit user logins at shutdown

Administration and privileged commandssystemd 257.13-1~deb13u1also documents systemd-user-sessions.service
systemd-user-sessions.service /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-user-sessions

DESCRIPTION

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.

See also

systemd(1)systemd-logind.service(8)pam_nologin(8)