A tool to communicate with the display manager.
More information: https://manned.org/dm-tool.
- Show the greeter while keeping current desktop session open and waiting to be restored upon authentication by logged in user:
dm-tool switch-to-greeter
- Lock the current session:
dm-tool lock
- Switch to a specific user, showing an authentication prompt if required:
dm-tool switch-to-user username session
- Add a dynamic seat from within a running LightDM session:
dm-tool add-seat xlocal name=value