<refentry id="systemd-logind.service">
<refentryinfo>
- <title>systemd-logind</title>
+ <title>systemd-logind.service</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>systemd-logind</refentrytitle>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-logind.service</refname>
<refname>systemd-logind</refname>
- <refpurpose>systemd Login Manager</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Login manager</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<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>
+ for:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Keeping track of users and sessions, their
+ processes and their idle state</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Creating control groups for
+ user processes</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>
+
+ <listitem><para>Automatic spawning of text
+ logins (gettys) on virtual console activation
+ and user runtime directory
+ management</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
<para>User sessions are registered in logind via the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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>systemd-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>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-user-sessions.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</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>