{{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.<ref>{{cite book | author = <!-- staff writer --> | 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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
systemd, an init daemon for Linux, has an integrated login manager; its login daemon is called logind.<ref>{{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}}</ref> systemd's login manager is a replacement for the no longer maintained ConsoleKit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ConsoleKit |url=https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=www.freedesktop.org}}</ref>
==See also== * BSD Authentication * Name Service Switch * passwd * Pluggable authentication module
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Category:Computer access control Category:Unix process- and task-management-related software