SYNOPSIS

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 in logind via the pam_systemd(8) PAM module.

See logind.conf(5) for information about the configuration of this service.

See \m[blue]Multi-Seat on Linux\m[]\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2 for an introduction into basic concepts of logind such as users, sessions and seats.

See the \m[blue]logind D-Bus API Documentation\m[]\s-2\u[2]\d\s+2 for information about the APIs systemd-logind provides.

For more information on the inhibition logic see the \m[blue]Inhibitor Lock Developer Documentation\m[]\s-2\u[3]\d\s+2.

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NOTES

1.

Multi-Seat on Linux

http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/multiseat

2.

logind D-Bus API Documentation

http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/logind

3.

Inhibitor Lock Developer Documentation

http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/inhibit