Login manager

{{Short description|Login system for Unix and Unix-like operating systems}}

{{Not to be confused with|Password manager}}

A login manager is a login system for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It comprises a login daemon, a login user interface, and a system for tracking login sessions.{{cite book

| author =

| title = Solaris Common Desktop Environment: Advanced User's and System Administrator's Guide

| chapter = Configuring Login Manager

| chapter-url = https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/806-1361/6jaldfjib/

| access-date = 26 July 2013

| year = 2000

| publisher = Sun Microsystems

| location = Palo Alto}} When a user tries to log in, the login manager passes the user's credentials to an authentication system.

Since an X display manager is a graphical user interface for login, some people use the terms display manager and login manager synonymously.{{cite web

| url = https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Display_Manager

| title = Display Manager

| date = 23 July 2005

| website = ArchWiki

| publisher = Arch Linux

| access-date = 26 July 2013}}

systemd, an init daemon for Linux, has an integrated login manager; its login daemon is called logind.{{Cite web |title=systemd-logind.service |url=https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-logind.service.html |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=www.freedesktop.org}} systemd's login manager is a replacement for the no longer maintained ConsoleKit.{{Cite web |title=ConsoleKit |url=https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=www.freedesktop.org}}