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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 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logindDESCRIPTION¶
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
•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_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¶
NOTES¶
- 1.
- Multi-Seat on Linux
- 2.
- logind D-Bus API Documentation
- 3.
- Inhibitor Lock Developer Documentation
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