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24 <refentry id="systemd-logind.service" conditional='ENABLE_LOGIND'>
25
26         <refentryinfo>
27                 <title>systemd-logind.service</title>
28                 <productname>systemd</productname>
29
30                 <authorgroup>
31                         <author>
32                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
33                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
34                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
35                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
36                         </author>
37                 </authorgroup>
38         </refentryinfo>
39
40         <refmeta>
41                 <refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle>
42                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
43         </refmeta>
44
45         <refnamediv>
46                 <refname>systemd-logind.service</refname>
47                 <refname>systemd-logind</refname>
48                 <refpurpose>Login manager</refpurpose>
49         </refnamediv>
50
51         <refsynopsisdiv>
52                 <para><filename>systemd-logind.service</filename></para>
53                 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind</filename></para>
54         </refsynopsisdiv>
55
56         <refsect1>
57                 <title>Description</title>
58
59                 <para><command>systemd-logind</command> is a system
60                 service that manages user logins. It is responsible
61                 for:</para>
62
63                 <itemizedlist>
64                         <listitem><para>Keeping track of users and
65                         sessions, their processes and their idle
66                         state</para></listitem>
67
68                         <listitem><para>Providing PolicyKit-based access
69                         for users to operations such as system
70                         shutdown or sleep</para></listitem>
71
72                         <listitem><para>Implementing a shutdown/sleep
73                         inhibition logic for
74                         applications</para></listitem>
75
76                         <listitem><para>Handling of power/sleep
77                         hardware keys</para></listitem>
78
79                         <listitem><para>Multi-seat
80                         management</para></listitem>
81
82                         <listitem><para>Session
83                         switch management</para></listitem>
84
85                         <listitem><para>Device access management for
86                         users</para></listitem>
87
88                         <listitem><para>Automatic spawning of text
89                         logins (gettys) on virtual console activation
90                         and user runtime directory
91                         management</para></listitem>
92                 </itemizedlist>
93
94                 <para>User sessions are registered in logind via the
95                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
96                 PAM module.</para>
97
98                 <para>See
99                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
100                 for information about the configuration of this
101                 service.</para>
102
103                 <para>See <ulink
104                 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/multiseat">Multi-Seat
105                 on Linux</ulink> for an introduction into basic
106                 concepts of logind such as users, sessions and seats.</para>
107
108                 <para>See the <ulink
109                 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/logind">
110                 logind D-Bus API Documentation</ulink> for information about
111                 the APIs <filename>systemd-logind</filename>
112                 provides.</para>
113
114                 <para>For more information on the inhibition logic see
115                 the <ulink
116                 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/inhibit">Inhibitor
117                 Lock Developer Documentation</ulink>.</para>
118         </refsect1>
119
120         <refsect1>
121                 <title>See Also</title>
122                 <para>
123                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
124                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-user-sessions.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
125                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
126                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
127                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
128                 </para>
129         </refsect1>
130
131 </refentry>