<refname>sd_login_monitor_get_events</refname>
<refname>sd_login_monitor_get_timeout</refname>
<refname>sd_login_monitor</refname>
- <refpurpose>Monitor login sessions, seats and users</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Monitor login sessions, seats, users and virtual machines/containers</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<title>Description</title>
<para><function>sd_login_monitor_new()</function> may
- be used to monitor login sessions, users and seats. Via
- a monitor object a file descriptor can be integrated
- into an application defined event loop which is woken
- up each time a user logs in, logs out or a seat is
- added or removed, or a session, user, or seat changes
- state otherwise. The first parameter takes a string
- which can be <literal>seat</literal> (to get
+ be used to monitor login sessions, users, seats, and
+ virtual machines/containers. Via a monitor object a
+ file descriptor can be integrated into an application
+ defined event loop which is woken up each time a user
+ logs in, logs out or a seat is added or removed, or a
+ session, user, seat or virtual machine/container
+ changes state otherwise. The first parameter takes a
+ string which can be <literal>seat</literal> (to get
only notifications about seats being added, removed or
changed), <literal>session</literal> (to get only
notifications about sessions being created or removed
- or changed) or <literal>uid</literal> (to get only
+ or changed), <literal>uid</literal> (to get only
notifications when a user changes state in respect to
- logins). If notifications shall be generated in all
- these conditions, NULL may be passed. Note that in the
- future additional categories may be defined. The
- second parameter returns a monitor object and needs to
- be freed with the
+ logins) or <literal>machine</literal> (to get only
+ notifications when a virtual machine or container is
+ started or stopped). If notifications shall be
+ generated in all these conditions, NULL may be
+ passed. Note that in the future additional categories
+ may be defined. The second parameter returns a monitor
+ object and needs to be freed with the
<function>sd_login_monitor_unref()</function> call
after use.</para>