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@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 
         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>sd_session_is_active</refname>
+                <refname>sd_session_is_remote</refname>
                 <refname>sd_session_get_state</refname>
                 <refname>sd_session_get_uid</refname>
                 <refname>sd_session_get_seat</refname>
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@
                 <refname>sd_session_get_display</refname>
                 <refname>sd_session_get_tty</refname>
                 <refname>sd_session_get_vt</refname>
+                <refname>sd_session_get_remote_host</refname>
+                <refname>sd_session_get_remote_user</refname>
                 <refpurpose>Determine state of a specific session</refpurpose>
         </refnamediv>
 
 
                         <funcprototype>
                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_session_is_active</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>const char* <parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char *<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
+                        </funcprototype>
+
+                        <funcprototype>
+                                <funcdef>int <function>sd_session_is_remote</function></funcdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char *<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
                         </funcprototype>
 
                         <funcprototype>
                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_session_get_state</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>const char<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
-                                <paramdef>char** <parameter>state</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char *<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>char **<parameter>state</parameter></paramdef>
                         </funcprototype>
 
                         <funcprototype>
                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_session_get_uid</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>const char<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
-                                <paramdef>uid_t<parameter>uid</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char *<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>uid_t *<parameter>uid</parameter></paramdef>
                         </funcprototype>
 
                         <funcprototype>
                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_session_get_seat</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>const char<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
-                                <paramdef>char** <parameter>seat</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char *<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>char **<parameter>seat</parameter></paramdef>
                         </funcprototype>
 
                         <funcprototype>
                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_session_get_service</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>const char<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
-                                <paramdef>char** <parameter>service</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char *<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>char **<parameter>service</parameter></paramdef>
                         </funcprototype>
 
                         <funcprototype>
                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_session_get_type</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>const char<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
-                                <paramdef>char** <parameter>type</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char *<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>char **<parameter>type</parameter></paramdef>
                         </funcprototype>
 
                         <funcprototype>
                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_session_get_class</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>const char<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
-                                <paramdef>char** <parameter>class</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char *<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>char **<parameter>class</parameter></paramdef>
                         </funcprototype>
 
                         <funcprototype>
                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_session_get_display</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>const char* <parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
-                                <paramdef>char** <parameter>display</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char *<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>char **<parameter>display</parameter></paramdef>
+                        </funcprototype>
+
+                        <funcprototype>
+                                <funcdef>int <function>sd_session_get_remote_host</function></funcdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char *<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>char **<parameter>remote_host</parameter></paramdef>
+                        </funcprototype>
+
+                        <funcprototype>
+                                <funcdef>int <function>sd_session_get_remote_user</function></funcdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char *<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>char **<parameter>remote_user</parameter></paramdef>
                         </funcprototype>
 
                         <funcprototype>
                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_session_get_tty</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>const char<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
-                                <paramdef>char** <parameter>tty</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char *<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>char **<parameter>tty</parameter></paramdef>
                         </funcprototype>
 
                         <funcprototype>
                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_session_get_vt</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>const char<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
-                                <paramdef>unsigned<parameter>vt</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char *<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>unsigned int *<parameter>vt</parameter></paramdef>
                         </funcprototype>
                 </funcsynopsis>
         </refsynopsisdiv>
                 (i.e. currently in the foreground and available for
                 user input) or not.</para>
 
+                <para><function>sd_session_is_remote()</function> may
+                be used to determine whether the session identified by
+                the specified session identifier is a remote session
+                (i.e. its remote host is known) or not.</para>
+
                 <para><function>sd_session_get_state()</function> may
                 be used to determine the state of the session
                 identified by the specified session identifier. The
                 returned. This function is a more generic version of
                 <function>sd_session_is_active()</function>. The returned
                 string needs to be freed with the libc
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 call after use.</para>
 
                 <para><function>sd_session_get_uid()</function> may be
                 identifier belongs to. Note that not all sessions are
                 attached to a seat, this call will fail for them. The
                 returned string needs to be freed with the libc
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 call after use.</para>
 
                 <para><function>sd_session_get_service()</function>
                 session identified by the specified session
                 identifier. The returned string needs to be freed with
                 the libc
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 call after use.</para>
 
                 <para><function>sd_session_get_type()</function> may
                 be used to determine the type of the session
                 identified by the specified session identifier. The
                 returned string is one of <literal>x11</literal>,
-                <literal>tty</literal> or
-                <literal>unspecified</literal> and needs to be freed
-                with the libc
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                <literal>wayland</literal>, <literal>tty</literal>,
+                <literal>mir</literal> or <literal>unspecified</literal> and
+                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_session_get_class()</function> may
                 <literal>lock-screen</literal>, or
                 <literal>background</literal> and needs to be freed
                 with the libc
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 call after use.</para>
 
                 <para><function>sd_session_get_display()</function>
                 session identified by the specified session
                 identifier. The returned string needs to be
                 freed with the libc
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                call after use.</para>
+
+                <para><function>sd_session_get_remote_host()</function>
+                may be used to determine the remote hostname of the
+                session identified by the specified session
+                identifier. 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_session_get_remote_user()</function>
+                may be used to determine the remote username of the
+                session identified by the specified session
+                identifier. The returned string needs to be
+                freed with the libc
+                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                call after use. Note that this value is rarely known
+                to the system, and even then should not be relied on.</para>
+
                 <para><function>sd_session_get_tty()</function>
                 may be used to determine the TTY device of the
                 session identified by the specified session
                 identifier. The returned string needs to be
                 freed with the libc
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 call after use.</para>
 
                 <para><function>sd_session_get_vt()</function>
 
                 <para>If the <varname>session</varname> parameter of
                 any of these functions is passed as
-                <constant>NULL</constant> the operation is executed
+                <constant>NULL</constant>, the operation is executed
                 for the session the calling process is a member of, if
                 there is any.</para>
         </refsect1>
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Return Value</title>
 
-                <para>If the test succeeds
-                <function>sd_session_is_active()</function> returns a
-                positive integer, if it fails 0.  On success
+                <para>If the test succeeds,
+                <function>sd_session_is_active()</function> and
+                <function>sd_session_is_remote()</function> return a
+                positive integer; if it fails, 0.  On success,
                 <function>sd_session_get_state()</function>,
                 <function>sd_session_get_uid()</function>,
                 <function>sd_session_get_seat()</function>,
                 <function>sd_session_get_service()</function>,
                 <function>sd_session_get_type()</function>,
                 <function>sd_session_get_class()</function>,
-                <function>sd_session_get_display()</function> and
+                <function>sd_session_get_display()</function>,
+                <function>sd_session_get_remote_user()</function>,
+                <function>sd_session_get_remote_host()</function> and
                 <function>sd_session_get_tty()</function> return 0 or
                 a positive integer. On failure, these calls return a
                 negative errno-style error code.</para>
                 <function>sd_session_get_service()</function>,
                 <function>sd_session_get_type()</function>,
                 <function>sd_session_get_class()</function>,
-                <function>sd_session_get_display()</function> and
+                <function>sd_session_get_display()</function>,
+                <function>sd_session_get_remote_host()</function>,
+                <function>sd_session_get_remote_user()</function> and
                 <function>sd_session_get_tty()</function>
-                interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+                interfaces are available as shared library, which can
                 be compiled and linked to with the
-                <constant>libsystemd-login</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                <constant>libsystemd</constant> <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 file.</para>
         </refsect1>