Systemd-logind
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Overview
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 application
- handling 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