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When the screen is locked using ext_session_lock, killing swaylock will leave the session locked. This is normally desirable if the kill is due to the OOM killer or swaylock crashing, but can be undesirable if an unlock is desired. This adds a signal handler for SIGUSR1 if using ext_session_lock.
swaylock
swaylock is a screen locking utility for Wayland compositors. It is compatible with any Wayland compositor which implements one of the following Wayland protocols:
- ext-session-lock-v1, or
- wlr-layer-shell and wlr-input-inhibitor
See the man page, swaylock(1), for instructions on using swaylock.
Release Signatures
Releases are signed with E88F5E48 and published on GitHub. swaylock releases are managed independently of sway releases.
Installation
From Packages
Swaylock is available in many distributions. Try installing the "swaylock" package for yours.
Compiling from Source
Install dependencies:
- meson *
- wayland
- wayland-protocols *
- libxkbcommon
- cairo
- gdk-pixbuf2 **
- pam (optional)
- scdoc (optional: man pages) *
- git *
* Compile-time dep
** Optional: required for background images other than PNG
Run these commands:
meson build
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install
On systems without PAM, you need to suid the swaylock binary:
sudo chmod a+s /usr/local/bin/swaylock
Swaylock will drop root permissions shortly after startup.