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+<!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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+
+ Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
+
+ elogind is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
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+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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+-->
+
+<refentry id="elogind">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>elogind</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>elogind</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>elogind</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Login manager</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>/usr/libexec/elogind/elogind</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>elogind</command> is a system service that
+ manages user logins. It is responsible for:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Keeping track of users and sessions, their
+ processes and their idle state</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>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>User sessions are registered in elogind via the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_elogind</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>
+
+ <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>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>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_elogind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>
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