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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
+  This file is part of elogind.
+
+  Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
+
+  elogind is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  elogind is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+  along with elogind; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+-->
+
+<refentry id="elogind">
+
+  <refentryinfo>
+    <title>elogind</title>
+    <productname>elogind</productname>
+
+    <authorgroup>
+      <author>
+        <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+        <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+        <surname>Poettering</surname>
+        <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+      </author>
+    </authorgroup>
+  </refentryinfo>
+
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>elogind</refentrytitle>
+    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>elogind</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Login manager</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <para><filename>/usr/libexec/elogind/elogind</filename></para>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para><command>elogind</command> is a system service that
+    manages user logins. It is responsible for:</para>
+
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem><para>Keeping track of users and sessions, their
+      processes and their idle state</para></listitem>
+
+      <listitem><para>Providing PolicyKit-based access for users to
+      operations such as system shutdown or sleep</para></listitem>
+
+      <listitem><para>Implementing a shutdown/sleep inhibition logic
+      for applications</para></listitem>
+
+      <listitem><para>Handling of power/sleep hardware
+      keys</para></listitem>
+
+      <listitem><para>Multi-seat management</para></listitem>
+
+      <listitem><para>Session switch management</para></listitem>
+
+      <listitem><para>Device access management for
+      users</para></listitem>
+
+    </itemizedlist>
+
+    <para>User sessions are registered in elogind via the
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_elogind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    PAM module.</para>
+
+    <para>See
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    for information about the configuration of this service.</para>
+
+    <para>See <ulink
+    url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/multiseat">Multi-Seat
+    on Linux</ulink> for an introduction into basic concepts of logind
+    such as users, sessions and seats.</para>
+
+    <para>See the <ulink
+    url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/logind">
+    logind D-Bus API Documentation</ulink> for information about the
+    APIs <filename>logind</filename> provides.</para>
+
+    <para>For more information on the inhibition logic see the <ulink
+    url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/inhibit">Inhibitor
+    Lock Developer Documentation</ulink>.</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>See Also</title>
+    <para>
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_elogind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    </para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>