X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd-logind.service.xml;h=c0c3d1a8970f8cf5d6864a0a93786afc6c27c4f4;hp=aa1c8a355aa6beda030949f1c5be30cbc91fc2d0;hb=05a2f6fefedd7254fd799502191d025d2908cf74;hpb=68afbe5f0d079f16cc2ba69088a650ee3208eb43 diff --git a/man/systemd-logind.service.xml b/man/systemd-logind.service.xml index aa1c8a355..c0c3d1a89 100644 --- a/man/systemd-logind.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd-logind.service.xml @@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . --> - + - systemd-logind + systemd-logind.service systemd @@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ - systemd-logind + systemd-logind.service 8 systemd-logind.service systemd-logind - systemd Login Manager + Login manager @@ -56,19 +56,40 @@ Description - systemd-logind is a system + systemd-logind 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. - + for: + + + Keeping track of users and + sessions, their processes and their idle + state + + Providing 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) on virtual console activation + and user runtime directory + management + User sessions are registered in logind via the pam_systemd8 @@ -83,12 +104,24 @@ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/multiseat">Multi-Seat on Linux for an introduction into basic concepts of logind such as users, sessions and seats. + + See the + logind D-Bus API Documentation for information about + the APIs systemd-logind + provides. + + For more information on the inhibition logic see + the Inhibitor + Lock Developer Documentation. See Also systemd1, + systemd-user-sessions.service8, loginctl1, logind.conf5, pam_systemd8