NAME¶

ttyautolock - Lock session if associated TTY loses focus

SYNOPSIS¶

[SESSION_ID | auto]

DESCRIPTION¶

Takes session ID or auto, finds associated TTY, watches /sys/class/tty/tty0/active for changes. Locks session on transition from associated TTY to any other. Locking is done via "loginctl lock-session".

auto argument relies on "loginctl show-session auto" behavior.

SYSTEMD USER SERVICE¶

ttyautolock@.service with default auto specifier can be enabled and started to always lock graphical session on TTY switch.

Alternatively it can be started on-demand and with custom session ID as specifier.

SEE ALSO¶

loginct(1), inotifywait(1)