man/systemd-logind.service.8

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  22 .SH "NAME"
  23 systemd-logind.service, systemd-logind \- Login manager
  24 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  25 .PP
  26 systemd\-logind\&.service
  27 .PP
  28 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd\-logind
  29 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  30 .PP
  31 \fBsystemd\-logind\fR
  32 is a system service that manages user logins\&. It is responsible for:
  33 .sp
  34 .RS 4
  35 .ie n \{\
  36 \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
  37 .\}
  38 .el \{\
  39 .sp -1
  40 .IP \(bu 2.3
  41 .\}
  42 Keeping track of users and sessions, their processes and their idle state
  43 .RE
  44 .sp
  45 .RS 4
  46 .ie n \{\
  47 \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
  48 .\}
  49 .el \{\
  50 .sp -1
  51 .IP \(bu 2.3
  52 .\}
  53 Providing PolicyKit\-based access for users to operations such as system shutdown or sleep
  54 .RE
  55 .sp
  56 .RS 4
  57 .ie n \{\
  58 \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
  59 .\}
  60 .el \{\
  61 .sp -1
  62 .IP \(bu 2.3
  63 .\}
  64 Implementing a shutdown/sleep inhibition logic for applications
  65 .RE
  66 .sp
  67 .RS 4
  68 .ie n \{\
  69 \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
  70 .\}
  71 .el \{\
  72 .sp -1
  73 .IP \(bu 2.3
  74 .\}
  75 Handling of power/sleep hardware keys
  76 .RE
  77 .sp
  78 .RS 4
  79 .ie n \{\
  80 \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
  81 .\}
  82 .el \{\
  83 .sp -1
  84 .IP \(bu 2.3
  85 .\}
  86 Multi\-seat management
  87 .RE
  88 .sp
  89 .RS 4
  90 .ie n \{\
  91 \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
  92 .\}
  93 .el \{\
  94 .sp -1
  95 .IP \(bu 2.3
  96 .\}
  97 Session switch management
  98 .RE
  99 .sp
 100 .RS 4
 101 .ie n \{\
 102 \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 103 .\}
 104 .el \{\
 105 .sp -1
 106 .IP \(bu 2.3
 107 .\}
 108 Device access management for users
 109 .RE
 110 .sp
 111 .RS 4
 112 .ie n \{\
 113 \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 114 .\}
 115 .el \{\
 116 .sp -1
 117 .IP \(bu 2.3
 118 .\}
 119 Automatic spawning of text logins (gettys) on virtual console activation and user runtime directory management
 120 .RE
 121 .PP
 122 User sessions are registered in logind via the
 123 \fBpam_systemd\fR(8)
 124 PAM module\&.
 125 .PP
 126 See
 127 \fBlogind.conf\fR(5)
 128 for information about the configuration of this service\&.
 129 .PP
 130 See
 131 \m[blue]\fBMulti\-Seat on Linux\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2
 132 for an introduction into basic concepts of logind such as users, sessions and seats\&.
 133 .PP
 134 See the
 135 \m[blue]\fBlogind D\-Bus API Documentation\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[2]\d\s+2
 136 for information about the APIs
 137 systemd\-logind
 138 provides\&.
 139 .PP
 140 For more information on the inhibition logic see the
 141 \m[blue]\fBInhibitor Lock Developer Documentation\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[3]\d\s+2\&.
 142 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 143 .PP
 144 \fBsystemd\fR(1),
 145 \fBsystemd-user-sessions.service\fR(8),
 146 \fBloginctl\fR(1),
 147 \fBlogind.conf\fR(5),
 148 \fBpam_systemd\fR(8)
 149 .SH "NOTES"
 150 .IP " 1." 4
 151 Multi-Seat on Linux
 152 .RS 4
 153 \%http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/multiseat
 154 .RE
 155 .IP " 2." 4
 156 logind D-Bus API Documentation
 157 .RS 4
 158 \%http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/logind
 159 .RE
 160 .IP " 3." 4
 161 Inhibitor Lock Developer Documentation
 162 .RS 4
 163 \%http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/inhibit
 164 .RE