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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-06-01 00:14:07 +0200
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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">
+
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+
+<refentry id="systemd-logind.service">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd-logind</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-logind</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd-logind.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-logind</refname>
+ <refpurpose>systemd Login Manager</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>sysytemd-logind.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><filename>systemd-logind</filename> is a system
+ service that manages user logins. It is responsible
+ for: keeping track of users and sessions, their
+ processes and their idle state; creating control
+ groups for user processes; provide PolicyKit-based
+ access for users to operations such as system shutdown
+ or sleep; implementing a shutdown/sleep inhibition
+ logic for applications; handling of power/sleep
+ hardware keys; multi-seat management; session switch
+ management; device access management for users;
+ automatic spawning of text logins (gettys) and user
+ runtime directory management.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>User sessions are registered in logind via the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</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>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>