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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-ref-1[1] 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-ref-2[2]

systemd, an init daemon for Linux, has an integrated login manager; its login daemon is called logind.cite-ref-3[3] systemd's login manager is a replacement for the no longer maintained ConsoleKit.cite-ref-4[4]

• See also

• References

• BSD Authentication

• Name Service Switch

• passwd

• Pluggable authentication module

cite-note-11. ↑ "Configuring Login Manager". Solaris Common Desktop Environment: Advanced User's and System Administrator's Guide. Palo Alto: Sun Microsystems. 2000. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

cite-note-22. ↑ "Display Manager". ArchWiki. Arch Linux. 23 July 2005. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

cite-note-33. ↑ "systemd-logind.service". www.freedesktop.org. Retrieved 2023-11-08.

cite-note-44. ↑ "ConsoleKit". www.freedesktop.org. Retrieved 2023-11-08.