af3bccd6d87759f0b146bf5980bdd56144d70c7eLennart Poettering<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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4fe52119233710903f9b52e1e608889fe5036837Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek<refentry id="systemd-logind.service" conditional='ENABLE_LOGIND'>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <title>systemd-logind.service</title>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <productname>systemd</productname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>systemd-logind.service</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>systemd-logind</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refpurpose>Login manager</refpurpose>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refsynopsisdiv>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <para><filename>systemd-logind.service</filename></para>
12b42c76672a66c2d4ea7212c14f8f1b5a62b78dTom Gundersen <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind</filename></para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </refsynopsisdiv>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <para><command>systemd-logind</command> is a system service that
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek manages user logins. It is responsible for:</para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <listitem><para>Keeping track of users and sessions, their
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek processes and their idle state</para></listitem>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <listitem><para>Providing PolicyKit-based access for users to
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek operations such as system shutdown or sleep</para></listitem>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <listitem><para>Implementing a shutdown/sleep inhibition logic
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek for applications</para></listitem>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <listitem><para>Handling of power/sleep hardware
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <listitem><para>Multi-seat management</para></listitem>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <listitem><para>Session switch management</para></listitem>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <listitem><para>Device access management for
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <listitem><para>Automatic spawning of text logins (gettys) on
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek virtual console activation and user runtime directory
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <para>User sessions are registered in logind via the
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek PAM module.</para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek for information about the configuration of this service.</para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/multiseat">Multi-Seat
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek on Linux</ulink> for an introduction into basic concepts of logind
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek such as users, sessions and seats.</para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/logind">
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek logind D-Bus API Documentation</ulink> for information about the
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek APIs <filename>systemd-logind</filename> provides.</para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <para>For more information on the inhibition logic see the <ulink
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/inhibit">Inhibitor
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek Lock Developer Documentation</ulink>.</para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-user-sessions.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>