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-        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
 
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-<refentry id="sd_seat_get_active">
-
-        <refentryinfo>
-                <title>sd_seat_get_active</title>
-                <productname>systemd</productname>
-
-                <authorgroup>
-                        <author>
-                                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
-                                <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
-                                <surname>Poettering</surname>
-                                <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
-                        </author>
-                </authorgroup>
-        </refentryinfo>
-
-        <refmeta>
-                <refentrytitle>sd_seat_get_active</refentrytitle>
-                <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
-        </refmeta>
-
-        <refnamediv>
-                <refname>sd_seat_get_active</refname>
-                <refname>sd_seat_get_sessions</refname>
-                <refname>sd_seat_can_multi_session</refname>
-                <refpurpose>Determine state of a specific seat</refpurpose>
-        </refnamediv>
-
-        <refsynopsisdiv>
-                <funcsynopsis>
-                        <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-login.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
-
-                        <funcprototype>
-                                <funcdef>int <function>sd_seat_get_active</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>const char* <parameter>seat</parameter></paramdef>
-                                <paramdef>char** <parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
-                                <paramdef>uid_t* <parameter>uid</parameter></paramdef>
-                        </funcprototype>
-
-                        <funcprototype>
-                                <funcdef>int <function>sd_seat_get_sessions</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>const char* <parameter>seat</parameter></paramdef>
-                                <paramdef>char*** <parameter>sessions</parameter></paramdef>
-                                <paramdef>uid_t** <parameter>uid</parameter></paramdef>
-                                <paramdef>unsigned* <parameter>n_uids</parameter></paramdef>
-                        </funcprototype>
-
-                        <funcprototype>
-                                <funcdef>int <function>sd_seat_can_multi_session</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>const char* <parameter>seat</parameter></paramdef>
-                        </funcprototype>
-                </funcsynopsis>
-        </refsynopsisdiv>
-
-        <refsect1>
-                <title>Description</title>
-
-                <para><function>sd_seat_get_active()</function> may be
-                used to determine which session is currently active on
-                a seat, if there is any. Returns the session
-                identifier and the user identifier of the Unix user
-                the session is belonging to. Either the session or the
-                user identifier parameter can be be passed NULL, in
-                case only one of the parameters shall be queried. The
-                returned string needs to be freed with the libc
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                call after use.</para>
-
-                <para><function>sd_seat_get_sessions()</function> may
-                be used to determine all sessions on the specified
-                seat. Returns two arrays, one (NULL terminated) with
-                the session identifiers of the sessions and one with
-                the user identifiers of the Unix users the sessions
-                belong to. An additional parameter may be used to
-                return the number of entries in the latter array. The
-                two arrays and the latter parameter may be passed as
-                NULL in case these values need not to be
-                determined. The arrays and the strings referenced by
-                them need to be freed with the libc
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                call after use. Note that instead of an empty array
-                NULL may be returned and should be considered
-                equivalent to an empty array.</para>
-
-                <para><function>sd_seat_can_multi_session()</function>
-                may be used to determine whether a specific seat is
-                capable of multi-session, i.e. allows multiple login
-                sessions in parallel (whith only one being active at a
-                time).</para>
-
-                <para>If the <literal>seat</literal> parameter of any
-                of these functions is passed as NULL the operation is
-                executed for the seat of the session of the calling
-                process, if there is any.</para>
-        </refsect1>
-
-        <refsect1>
-                <title>Return Value</title>
-
-                <para> On success
-                <function>sd_seat_get_active()</function> return
-                return 0 or a positive integer. On success
-                <function>sd_seat_get_sessions()</function> returns
-                the number of entries in the session identifier
-                array. If the test succeeds
-                <function>sd_seat_can_multi_session</function> returns
-                a positive integer, if it fails 0. On failure, these
-                calls return a negative errno-style error code.</para>
-        </refsect1>
-
-        <refsect1>
-                <title>Notes</title>
-
-                <para>The <function>sd_seat_get_active()</function>,
-                <function>sd_seat_get_sessions()</function>, and
-                <function>sd_seat_can_multi_session()</function> interfaces
-                are available as shared library, which can be compiled
-                and linked to with the
-                <literal>libsystemd-login</literal>
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                file.</para>
-        </refsect1>
-
-        <refsect1>
-                <title>See Also</title>
-
-                <para>
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-login</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_session_get_seat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                </para>
-        </refsect1>
+<refentry id="sd_seat_get_active" conditional='HAVE_PAM'>
+
+  <refentryinfo>
+    <title>sd_seat_get_active</title>
+    <productname>elogind</productname>
+
+    <authorgroup>
+      <author>
+        <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+        <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+        <surname>Poettering</surname>
+        <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+      </author>
+    </authorgroup>
+  </refentryinfo>
+
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>sd_seat_get_active</refentrytitle>
+    <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>sd_seat_get_active</refname>
+    <refname>sd_seat_get_sessions</refname>
+    <refname>sd_seat_can_multi_session</refname>
+    <refname>sd_seat_can_tty</refname>
+    <refname>sd_seat_can_graphical</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Determine state of a specific seat</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <funcsynopsis>
+      <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;elogind/sd-login.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
+
+      <funcprototype>
+        <funcdef>int <function>sd_seat_get_active</function></funcdef>
+        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>seat</parameter></paramdef>
+        <paramdef>char **<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
+        <paramdef>uid_t *<parameter>uid</parameter></paramdef>
+      </funcprototype>
+
+      <funcprototype>
+        <funcdef>int <function>sd_seat_get_sessions</function></funcdef>
+        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>seat</parameter></paramdef>
+        <paramdef>char ***<parameter>sessions</parameter></paramdef>
+        <paramdef>uid_t **<parameter>uid</parameter></paramdef>
+        <paramdef>unsigned int *<parameter>n_uids</parameter></paramdef>
+      </funcprototype>
+
+      <funcprototype>
+        <funcdef>int <function>sd_seat_can_multi_session</function></funcdef>
+        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>seat</parameter></paramdef>
+      </funcprototype>
+
+      <funcprototype>
+        <funcdef>int <function>sd_seat_can_tty</function></funcdef>
+        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>seat</parameter></paramdef>
+      </funcprototype>
+
+      <funcprototype>
+        <funcdef>int <function>sd_seat_can_graphical</function></funcdef>
+        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>seat</parameter></paramdef>
+      </funcprototype>
+    </funcsynopsis>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para><function>sd_seat_get_active()</function> may be used to
+    determine which session is currently active on a seat, if there is
+    any. Returns the session identifier and the user identifier of the
+    Unix user the session is belonging to. Either the session or the
+    user identifier parameter can be passed <constant>NULL</constant>,
+    in case only one of the parameters shall be queried. The returned
+    string needs to be freed with the libc
+    <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    call after use.</para>
+
+    <para><function>sd_seat_get_sessions()</function> may be used to
+    determine all sessions on the specified seat. Returns two arrays,
+    one (<constant>NULL</constant> terminated) with the session
+    identifiers of the sessions and one with the user identifiers of
+    the Unix users the sessions belong to. An additional parameter may
+    be used to return the number of entries in the latter array. The
+    two arrays and the latter parameter may be passed as
+    <constant>NULL</constant> in case these values need not to be
+    determined. The arrays and the strings referenced by them need to
+    be freed with the libc
+    <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    call after use. Note that instead of an empty array
+    <constant>NULL</constant> may be returned and should be considered
+    equivalent to an empty array.</para>
+
+    <para><function>sd_seat_can_multi_session()</function> may be used
+    to determine whether a specific seat is capable of multi-session,
+    i.e. allows multiple login sessions in parallel (with only one
+    being active at a time).</para>
+
+    <para><function>sd_seat_can_tty()</function> may be used to
+    determine whether a specific seat provides TTY functionality, i.e.
+    is useful as a text console.</para>
+
+    <para><function>sd_seat_can_graphical()</function> may be used to
+    determine whether a specific seat provides graphics functionality,
+    i.e. is useful as a graphics display.</para>
+
+    <para>If the <varname>seat</varname> parameter of any of these
+    functions is passed as <constant>NULL</constant>, the operation is
+    executed for the seat of the session of the calling process, if
+    there is any.</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Return Value</title>
+
+    <para> On success, <function>sd_seat_get_active()</function>
+    returns 0 or a positive integer. On success,
+    <function>sd_seat_get_sessions()</function> returns the number of
+    entries in the session identifier array. If the test succeeds,
+    <function>sd_seat_can_multi_session</function>,
+    <function>sd_seat_can_tty</function> and
+    <function>sd_seat_can_graphical</function> return a positive
+    integer, if it fails 0. On failure, these calls return a negative
+    errno-style error code.</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Errors</title>
+
+    <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
+
+    <variablelist>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><constant>-ENODATA</constant></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>The given field is not specified for the described
+        seat.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><constant>-ENXIO</constant></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>The specified seat is unknown.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>An input parameter was invalid (out of range,
+        or NULL, where that is not accepted).</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><constant>-ENOMEM</constant></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Memory allocation failed.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Notes</title>
+
+    <para>The <function>sd_seat_get_active()</function>,
+    <function>sd_seat_get_sessions()</function>,
+    <function>sd_seat_can_multi_session()</function>,
+    <function>sd_seat_can_tty()</function> and
+    <function>sd_seat_can_graphical()</function> interfaces are
+    available as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to
+    with the
+    <constant>libelogind</constant> <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    file.</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>See Also</title>
+
+    <para>
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>elogind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-login</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_session_get_seat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    </para>
+  </refsect1>
 
 </refentry>