systemd-homed.service

systemd
systemd-homed.service 8
systemd-homed.service systemd-homed Home Area/User Account Manager

`systemd-homed.service`

`/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-homed`

## Description

`systemd-homed` is a system service that may be used to create, remove, change or inspect home areas (directories and network mounts and real or loopback block devices with a filesystem, optionally encrypted).

Most of `systemd-homed`'s functionality is accessible through the homectl 1 command.

See the Home Directories documentation for details about the format and design of home areas managed by `systemd-homed.service`.

Each home directory managed by `systemd-homed.service` synthesizes a local user and group. These are made available to the system using the User/Group Record Lookup API via Varlink, and thus may be browsed with userdbctl 1.

## See Also

systemd 1, homectl 1, userdbctl 1