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systemd/man/systemd-logind.service.xml
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 11a1589223 tree-wide: drop license boilerplate
Files which are installed as-is (any .service and other unit files, .conf
files, .policy files, etc), are left as is. My assumption is that SPDX
identifiers are not yet that well known, so it's better to retain the
extended header to avoid any doubt.

I also kept any copyright lines. We can probably remove them, but it'd nice to
obtain explicit acks from all involved authors before doing that.
2018-04-06 18:58:55 +02:00

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<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
<!--
SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
This file is part of systemd.
Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
-->
<refentry id="systemd-logind.service" conditional='ENABLE_LOGIND'>
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-logind.service</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-logind.service</refname>
<refname>systemd-logind</refname>
<refpurpose>Login manager</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>systemd-logind.service</filename></para>
<para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>systemd-logind</command> is a system service that
manages user logins. It is responsible for:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Keeping track of users and sessions, their processes and their idle state. This is implemented by
allocating a systemd slice unit for each user below <filename>user.slice</filename>, and a scope unit below it
for each concurrent session of a user. Also, a per-user service manager is started as system service instance of
<filename>user@.service</filename> for each logged in user.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Generating and managing session IDs. If auditing is available and an audit session ID is already set for
a session, then this ID is reused as the session ID. Otherwise, an independent session counter is
used.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Providing PolicyKit-based access for users for
operations such as system shutdown or sleep</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Implementing a shutdown/sleep inhibition logic
for applications</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Handling of power/sleep hardware
keys</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Multi-seat management</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Session switch management</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Device access management for
users</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Automatic spawning of text logins (gettys) on
virtual console activation and user runtime directory
management</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>User sessions are registered with logind via the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
PAM module.</para>
<para>See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for information about the configuration of this service.</para>
<para>See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-login</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for information about the basic concepts of logind
such as users, sessions and seats.</para>
<para>See the <ulink
url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/logind">
logind D-Bus API Documentation</ulink> for information about the
APIs <filename>systemd-logind</filename> provides.</para>
<para>For more information on the inhibition logic see the <ulink
url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/inhibit">Inhibitor
Lock Developer Documentation</ulink>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-user-sessions.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-login</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>