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| SYSTEMD-LOGIND.SERVICE(8) | systemd-logind.service | SYSTEMD-LOGIND.SERVICE(8) |
NAME¶
systemd-logind.service, systemd-logind - Login managerSYNOPSIS¶
systemd-logind.service/lib/systemd/systemd-logind
DESCRIPTION¶
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
•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 with logind via the pam_systemd(8) PAM module.
See logind.conf(5) for information about the configuration of this service.
See Multi-Seat on Linux[1] for an introduction into basic concepts of logind such as users, sessions and seats.
See the logind D-Bus API Documentation[2] for information about the APIs systemd-logind provides.
For more information on the inhibition logic see the Inhibitor Lock Developer Documentation[3].
SEE ALSO¶
systemd(1), systemd-user-sessions.service(8), loginctl(1), logind.conf(5), pam_systemd(8)NOTES¶
- 1.
- Multi-Seat on Linux
- 2.
- logind D-Bus API Documentation
- 3.
- Inhibitor Lock Developer Documentation
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