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SYSTEMD-LOGIND.SERVICE(8) | systemd-logind.service | SYSTEMD-LOGIND.SERVICE(8) |
NAME¶
systemd-logind.service, systemd-logind - 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:
User sessions are registered with logind via the pam_systemd(8) PAM module.
See logind.conf(5) for information about the configuration of this service.
See sd-login(3) for information about the basic concepts of logind such as users, sessions and seats.
See org.freedesktop.login1(5) and org.freedesktop.LogControl1(5) for information about the D-Bus APIs systemd-logind provides.
For more information see Inhibitor Locks[2].
If you are interested in writing a display manager that makes use of logind, please have look at Writing Display Managers[3]. If you are interested in writing a desktop environment that makes use of logind, please have look at Writing Desktop Environments[4].
SEE ALSO¶
systemd(1), systemd-user-sessions.service(8), loginctl(1), logind.conf(5), pam_systemd(8), sd-login(3), org.freedesktop.login1(5)
NOTES¶
- 1.
- polkit
- 2.
- Inhibitor Locks
- 3.
- Writing Display Managers
- 4.
- Writing Desktop Environments
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