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Re: systemd-logind on Linux servers - to be or not to be?

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From Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject Re: systemd-logind on Linux servers - to be or not to be?
Date Fri, 1 Nov 2024 20:40:03 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 16:21:15 +0100, Juancho wrote:

> The only practical difference I can see is that the command "loginctl
> session-status" works in that Ubuntu Server 22.04 install, but does not
> work ("Failed to connect to bus: No such file or directory") in that
> Debian 12 install. Other than that, both systems run the same to my
> eyes.

Debian certainly has the option to run systemd-logind. For example,
loginctl does work and print useful results on my Debian Unstable
setup.

> Therefore, my question for more experienced Linux gurus, is this: Does
> systemd-logind provide any value in a Linux server setup?

As is usual with systemd, it tends to provide functionality in places
where other alternatives don’t even have places.

<https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-logind.html>
<https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/logind.conf.html>

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systemd-logind on Linux servers - to be or not to be? Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> - 2024-11-01 16:21 +0100
  Re: systemd-logind on Linux servers - to be or not to be? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-11-01 20:40 +0000

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