SDDM-GREETER(1) sddm SDDM-GREETER(1)
NAME
sddm-greeter - sddm display manager greeter
SYNOPSIS
sddm-greeter [OPTIONS...]
DESCRIPTION
sddm is a display and login manager based on Qt technologies.
Using QtQuick and QML, designers are given the ability to easily create
pleasant, modern looking interfaces for sddm.
sddm-greeter is an auxiliary process that displays the greeter, a graph-
ical user interface to perform the authentication and select the session
to run.
It is launched by the sddm daemon, end users are not meant to run it.
OPTIONS
--theme PATH
Specify theme full path.
--socket NAME
Specify the socket used to communicate with sddm daemon.
--test-mode
Start greeter in test mode.
--help, -h
Show help message and exit.
FILES
/usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d
System configuration directory
/etc/sddm.conf.d
Local configuration directory
/etc/sddm.conf
Local configuration file for compatibility
/usr/share/sddm/themes
Where sddm looks for themes
SEE ALSO
sddm(1), sddm.conf(5)
The full documentation for sddm is available at
<https://github.com/sddm/sddm>
sddm 0.21.0 May 2014 SDDM-GREETER(1)
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