SYSTEMD-LOGIND(8) systemd-logind SYSTEMD-LOGIND(8)NAME
systemd-logind.service, systemd-logind - systemd Login Manager
SYNOPSIS
systemd-logind.service
/usr/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; creating control groups for user processes;
provide 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) and user runtime
directory management.
User sessions are registered in logind via the pam_systemd(8) PAM
module.
See systemd-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 ALSOsystemd(1), loginctl(1), logind.conf(5), pam_systemd(8)AUTHOR
Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Developer
NOTES
1. Multi-Seat on Linux
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/multiseat
systemd 02/15/2013 SYSTEMD-LOGIND(8)