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-  This file is part of systemd.
+  This file is part of elogind.
 
   Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
 
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+  elogind is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+  along with elogind; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
 
-<refentry id="logind.conf">
-        <refentryinfo>
-                <title>logind.conf</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>logind.conf</refentrytitle>
-                <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
-        </refmeta>
-
-        <refnamediv>
-                <refname>logind.conf</refname>
-                <refpurpose>Login manager configuration file</refpurpose>
-        </refnamediv>
-
-        <refsynopsisdiv>
-                <para><filename>logind.conf</filename></para>
-        </refsynopsisdiv>
-
-        <refsect1>
-                <title>Description</title>
-
-                <para>This files configures various parameters of the systemd login manager.</para>
-
-        </refsect1>
-
-        <refsect1>
-                <title>Options</title>
-
-                <para>All options are configured in the
-                <literal>[Login]</literal> section:</para>
-
-                <variablelist>
-
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>NAutoVTs=</varname></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Takes a positive
-                                integer. How many virtual terminals to
-                                allocate by default and when switched
-                                to autospawn <literal>autovt</literal>
-                                services on (if they are otherwise
-                                unused). These services are
-                                instantiated from a template of
-                                <filename>autovt@.service</filename>
-                                with the virtual terminal TTY name,
-                                e.g. <filename>autovt@tty4.service</filename>. By
-                                default
-                                <filename>autovt@.service</filename>
-                                is linked to
-                                <filename>getty@.service</filename>,
-                                i.e. login prompts are started
-                                dynamically as the user switches to
-                                unused virtual terminals, and this
-                                parameter hence controls how many
-                                gettys are available on the virtual
-                                terminals. Defaults to 6. When set to
-                                0, automatic spawning of
-                                <literal>autovt</literal> services is
-                                disabled.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>KillUserProcesses=</varname></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
-                                argument. Configures whether the
-                                processes of a user should be killed
-                                when she or he completely logs out (i.e. after
-                                her/his last session ended). Defaults to
-                                <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname></term>
-                                <term><varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>These settings take
-                                space separated lists of user names
-                                that influence the effect of
-                                <varname>KillUserProcesses=</varname>. If
-                                not empty only processes of users
-                                listed in
-                                <varname>KillOnlyUsers</varname> will
-                                be killed when they log out
-                                entirely. Processes of users listed in
-                                <varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname>
-                                are excluded from being
-                                killed. <varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname>
-                                defaults to <literal>root</literal>
-                                and takes precedence over
-                                <varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname>
-                                which defaults to the empty list.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>Controllers=</varname></term>
-                                <term><varname>ResetControllers=</varname></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>These settings control
-                                the default control group hierarchies
-                                users logging are added to. When
-                                logging in users will get private
-                                control groups in all hierarchies
-                                listed in
-                                <varname>Controllers=</varname> and be
-                                reset to the root control group in all
-                                hierarchies listed in
-                                <varname>ResetControllers=</varname>. <varname>Controllers=</varname>
-                                defaults to the empty list,
-                                <varname>ResetControllers=</varname>
-                                defaults to
-                                <literal>cpu</literal>.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>InhibitDelayMaxSec=</varname></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Specifies the maximum
-                                time a system shutdown or sleep
-                                request is delayed due to an inhibitor
-                                lock of type <literal>delay</literal>
-                                being taken before it is ignored and
-                                the operation executed
-                                anyway. Defaults to
-                                5s.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>HandlePowerKey=</varname></term>
-                                <term><varname>HandleSleepKey=</varname></term>
-                                <term><varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Controls whether
-                                logind shall handle the system power
-                                and sleep keys and the lid switch to
-                                trigger system power-off or
-                                suspend. Can be one of
-                                <literal>off</literal>,
-                                <literal>no-session</literal>,
-                                <literal>tty-session</literal>,
-                                <literal>any-session</literal> and
-                                <literal>always</literal>. If
-                                <literal>off</literal> logind will
-                                never handle these keys. If
-                                <literal>no-session</literal> logind
-                                will handle these keys when no user is
-                                logged in and no inhibitor lock is
-                                taken, and trigger a warnig beep
-                                otherwise. If set to
-                                <literal>tty-session</literal> logind
-                                will handle these keys if no inhibitor
-                                lock is taken, and either no user is
-                                logged in or the foreground session is
-                                a text login and the only one
-                                existing. If
-                                <literal>any-session</literal> is set
-                                logind will handle these keys if no
-                                inhibitor lock is taken, and either no
-                                user is logged in or the foreground
-                                session is the only one existing
-                                (regardless whether graphical or
-                                text). If set to
-                                <literal>always</literal> logind will
-                                handle these keys in any case, even if
-                                one or more users are logged in or an
-                                inhibitor lock is taken. Only input
-                                devices with the
-                                <literal>power-switch</literal> udev
-                                tag will be watched for key
-                                events. <varname>HandlePowerKey=</varname>
-                                defaults to
-                                <literal>no-session</literal>.
-                                <varname>HandleSleepKey=</varname>
-                                defaults to
-                                <literal>tty-session</literal>,
-                                <varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname>
-                                defaults to
-                                <literal>off</literal>.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
-                </variablelist>
-
-                <para>Note that setting
-                <varname>KillUserProcesses=1</varname> will break tools
-                like
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>screen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
-
-                <para>Note that <varname>KillUserProcesses=1</varname>
-                is a weaker version of
-                <varname>kill-session-processes=1</varname> which may
-                be configured per-service for
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
-                latter kills processes of a session as soon as it
-                ends, the former kills processes as soon as the last
-                session of the user ends.</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>systemd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                  </para>
-        </refsect1>
+<refentry id="logind.conf" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+  <refentryinfo>
+    <title>logind.conf</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>logind.conf</refentrytitle>
+    <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>logind.conf</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Login manager configuration files</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <para><filename>/etc/elogind/logind.conf</filename></para>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para>These files configure various parameters of the elogind
+    login manager.</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="main-conf" />
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Options</title>
+
+    <para>All login options are configured in the
+    <literal>[Login]</literal> section, system sleep options are
+    configured in the <literal>[Sleep]</literal> section.</para>
+
+    <refsect2><title>[Login] section:</title>
+      <variablelist>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>KillUserProcesses=</varname></term>
+
+          <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether
+          the processes of a user should be killed when the user
+          completely logs out (i.e. after the user's last session
+          ended). Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
+
+          <para>Note that setting <varname>KillUserProcesses=1</varname>
+          will break tools like
+          <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>screen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname></term>
+          <term><varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname></term>
+
+          <listitem><para>These settings take space-separated lists of
+          usernames that influence the effect of
+          <varname>KillUserProcesses=</varname>. If not empty, only
+          processes of users listed in <varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname>
+          will be killed when they log out entirely. Processes of users
+          listed in <varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname> are excluded
+          from being killed. <varname>KillExcludeUsers=</varname>
+          defaults to <literal>root</literal> and takes precedence over
+          <varname>KillOnlyUsers=</varname>, which defaults to the empty
+          list.</para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>IdleAction=</varname></term>
+
+          <listitem><para>Configures the action to take when the system
+          is idle. Takes one of
+          <literal>ignore</literal>,
+          <literal>poweroff</literal>,
+          <literal>reboot</literal>,
+          <literal>halt</literal>,
+          <literal>kexec</literal>,
+          <literal>suspend</literal>,
+          <literal>hibernate</literal>,
+          <literal>hybrid-sleep</literal>, and
+          <literal>lock</literal>.
+          Defaults to <literal>ignore</literal>.</para>
+
+          <para>Note that this requires that user sessions correctly
+          report the idle status to the system. The system will execute
+          the action after all sessions report that they are idle, no
+          idle inhibitor lock is active, and subsequently, the time
+          configured with <varname>IdleActionSec=</varname> (see below)
+          has expired.</para>
+          </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>IdleActionSec=</varname></term>
+
+          <listitem><para>Configures the delay after which the action
+          configured in <varname>IdleAction=</varname> (see above) is
+          taken after the system is idle.</para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>InhibitDelayMaxSec=</varname></term>
+
+          <listitem><para>Specifies the maximum time a system shutdown
+          or sleep request is delayed due to an inhibitor lock of type
+          <literal>delay</literal> being active before the inhibitor is
+          ignored and the operation executes anyway. Defaults to
+          5.</para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>HandlePowerKey=</varname></term>
+          <term><varname>HandleSuspendKey=</varname></term>
+          <term><varname>HandleHibernateKey=</varname></term>
+          <term><varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname></term>
+          <term><varname>HandleLidSwitchDocked=</varname></term>
+
+          <listitem><para>Controls how logind shall handle the
+          system power and sleep keys and the lid switch to trigger
+          actions such as system power-off or suspend. Can be one of
+          <literal>ignore</literal>,
+          <literal>poweroff</literal>,
+          <literal>reboot</literal>,
+          <literal>halt</literal>,
+          <literal>kexec</literal>,
+          <literal>suspend</literal>,
+          <literal>hibernate</literal>,
+          <literal>hybrid-sleep</literal>, and
+          <literal>lock</literal>.
+          If <literal>ignore</literal>, logind will never handle these
+          keys. If <literal>lock</literal>, all running sessions will be
+          screen-locked; otherwise, the specified action will be taken
+          in the respective event. Only input devices with the
+          <literal>power-switch</literal> udev tag will be watched for
+          key/lid switch events. <varname>HandlePowerKey=</varname>
+          defaults to <literal>poweroff</literal>.
+          <varname>HandleSuspendKey=</varname> and
+          <varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname> default to
+          <literal>suspend</literal>.
+          <varname>HandleLidSwitchDocked=</varname> defaults to
+          <literal>ignore</literal>.
+          <varname>HandleHibernateKey=</varname> defaults to
+          <literal>hibernate</literal>. If the system is inserted in a
+          docking station, or if more than one display is connected, the
+          action specified by <varname>HandleLidSwitchDocked=</varname>
+          occurs; otherwise the <varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname>
+        action occurs.</para>
+
+        <para>A different application may disable logind's handling of system power and
+        sleep keys and the lid switch by taking a low-level inhibitor lock
+        ("handle-power-key", "handle-suspend-key", "handle-hibernate-key",
+        "handle-lid-switch"). This is most commonly used by graphical desktop environments
+        to take over suspend and hibernation handling, and to use their own configuration
+        mechanisms. If a low-level inhibitor lock is taken, logind will not take any
+        action when that key or switch is triggered and the <varname>Handle*=</varname>
+        settings are irrelevant.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
+          <term><varname>SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
+          <term><varname>HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
+          <term><varname>LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Controls whether actions that <command>systemd-logind</command>
+        takes when the power and sleep keys and the lid switch are triggered are subject
+        to high-level inhibitor locks ("shutdown", "sleep", "idle"). Low level inhibitor
+        locks ("handle-*-key"), are always honoured, irrespective of this setting.</para>
+
+        <para>These settings take boolean arguments. If <literal>no</literal>, the
+        inhibitor locks taken by applications are respected. If <literal>yes</literal>,
+        "shutdown", "sleep", and "idle" inhibitor locks are ignored.
+          <varname>PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname>,
+        <varname>SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname>, and
+        <varname>HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname> default to <literal>no</literal>.
+        <varname>LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=</varname> defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.
+        This means that when <command>systemd-logind</command> is handling events by
+        itself (no low level inhibitor locks are taken by another application), the lid
+        switch does not respect suspend blockers by default, but the power and sleep keys
+        do.</para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>HoldoffTimeoutSec=</varname></term>
+
+          <listitem><para>Specifies the timeout after system startup or
+          system resume in which elogind will hold off on reacting to
+          LID events. This is required for the system to properly
+          detect any hotplugged devices so elogind can ignore LID events
+          if external monitors, or docks, are connected. If set to 0,
+          elogind will always react immediately, possibly before the
+          kernel fully probed all hotplugged devices. This is safe, as
+          long as you do not care for elogind to account for devices
+          that have been plugged or unplugged while the system was off.
+          Defaults to 30s.</para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>RuntimeDirectorySize=</varname></term>
+
+          <listitem><para>Sets the size limit on the
+          <varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname> runtime directory for each
+          user who logs in. Takes a size in bytes, optionally suffixed
+          with the usual K, G, M, and T suffixes, to the base 1024
+          (IEC). Alternatively, a numerical percentage suffixed by
+          <literal>%</literal> may be specified, which sets the size
+          limit relative to the amount of physical RAM. Defaults to 10%.
+          Note that this size is a safety limit only. As each runtime
+          directory is a tmpfs file system, it will only consume as much
+          memory as is needed. </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>RemoveIPC=</varname></term>
+
+          <listitem><para>Controls whether System V and POSIX IPC objects belonging to the user shall be removed when the
+          user fully logs out. Takes a boolean argument. If enabled, the user may not consume IPC resources after the
+          last of the user's sessions terminated. This covers System V semaphores, shared memory and message queues, as
+          well as POSIX shared memory and message queues. Note that IPC objects of the root user and other system users
+          are excluded from the effect of this setting. Defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.</para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+
+    <refsect2><title>[Sleep] section:</title>
+
+      <para><command>elogind</command> supports three general
+      power-saving modes:</para>
+
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term>suspend</term>
+
+          <listitem><para>a low-power state
+          where execution of the OS is paused,
+          and complete power loss might result
+          in lost data, and which is fast to
+          enter and exit. This corresponds to
+          suspend, standby, or freeze states as
+          understood by the kernel.
+          </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term>hibernate</term>
+
+          <listitem><para>a low-power state
+          where execution of the OS is paused,
+          and complete power loss does not
+          result in lost data, and which might
+          be slow to enter and exit. This
+          corresponds to the hibernation as
+          understood by the kernel.
+          </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term>hybrid-sleep</term>
+
+          <listitem><para>a low-power state
+          where execution of the OS is paused,
+          which might be slow to enter, and on
+          complete power loss does not result in
+          lost data but might be slower to exit
+          in that case. This mode is called
+          suspend-to-both by the kernel.
+          </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>SuspendMode=</varname></term>
+          <term><varname>HibernateMode=</varname></term>
+          <term><varname>HybridSleepMode=</varname></term>
+
+          <listitem><para>The string to be written to
+          <filename>/sys/power/disk</filename> by elogind.
+          More than one value can be specified by separating
+          multiple values with whitespace. They will be tried
+          in turn, until one is written without error. If
+          neither succeeds, the operation will be aborted.
+          </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>SuspendState=</varname></term>
+          <term><varname>HibernateState=</varname></term>
+          <term><varname>HybridSleepState=</varname></term>
+
+          <listitem><para>The string to be written to
+          <filename>/sys/power/state</filename> by elogind.
+          More than one value can be specified by separating
+          multiple values with whitespace. They will be tried
+          in turn, until one is written without error. If
+          neither succeeds, the operation will be aborted.
+          </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+      <title>See Also</title>
+      <para>
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>elogind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      </para>
+  </refsect1>
 
 </refentry>