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dm-tool

A tool to communicate with the display manager.

More information.

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

Swicth 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}

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