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  <span style="float:right">systemd 221</span><hr><div class="refentry"><a name="systemd-logind.service"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>systemd-logind.service, systemd-logind — Login manager</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><p><code class="filename">systemd-logind.service</code></p><p><code class="filename">/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind</code></p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm47556819187904"></a><h2 id="Description">Description<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Description">¶</a></h2><p><span class="command"><strong>systemd-logind</strong></span> is a system service that
    manages user logins. It is responsible for:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>Keeping track of users and sessions, their
      processes and their idle state</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Providing PolicyKit-based access for users to
      operations such as system shutdown or sleep</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Implementing a shutdown/sleep inhibition logic
      for applications</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Handling of power/sleep hardware
      keys</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Multi-seat management</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Session switch management</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Device access management for
      users</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Automatic spawning of text logins (gettys) on
      virtual console activation and user runtime directory
      management</p></li></ul></div><p>User sessions are registered in logind via the
    <a href="pam_systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pam_systemd</span>(8)</span></a>
    PAM module.</p><p>See
    <a href="logind.conf.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">logind.conf</span>(5)</span></a>
    for information about the configuration of this service.</p><p>See <a class="ulink" href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/multiseat" target="_top">Multi-Seat
    on Linux</a> for an introduction into basic concepts of logind
    such as users, sessions and seats.</p><p>See the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/logind" target="_top">
    logind D-Bus API Documentation</a> for information about the
    APIs <code class="filename">systemd-logind</code> provides.</p><p>For more information on the inhibition logic see the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/inhibit" target="_top">Inhibitor
    Lock Developer Documentation</a>.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm47556814274064"></a><h2 id="See Also">See Also<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#See%20Also">¶</a></h2><p>
      <a href="systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd</span>(1)</span></a>,
      <a href="systemd-user-sessions.service.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-user-sessions.service</span>(8)</span></a>,
      <a href="loginctl.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">loginctl</span>(1)</span></a>,
      <a href="logind.conf.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">logind.conf</span>(5)</span></a>,
      <a href="pam_systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pam_systemd</span>(8)</span></a>
    </p></div></div></body></html>