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-<refentry id="sd_uid_get_state">
+<refentry id="sd_uid_get_state" conditional='HAVE_PAM'>
<refentryinfo>
<title>sd_uid_get_state</title>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_uid_get_state</function></funcdef>
- <paramdef>uid_t <parameter>pid</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>uid_t <parameter>uid</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>char** <parameter>state</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_uid_is_on_seat</function></funcdef>
- <paramdef>uid_t <parameter>pid</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>uid_t <parameter>uid</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>int <parameter>require_active</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>const char* <parameter>seat</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_uid_get_sessions</function></funcdef>
- <paramdef>uid_t <parameter>pid</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>uid_t <parameter>uid</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>int <parameter>require_active</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>char*** <parameter>sessions</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_uid_get_seats</function></funcdef>
- <paramdef>uid_t <parameter>pid</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>uid_t <parameter>uid</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>int <parameter>require_active</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>char*** <parameter>seats</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
at all), <literal>lingering</literal> (user not logged
in, but some user services running),
<literal>online</literal> (user logged in, but not
- active), <literal>active</literal> (user logged in on
- an active seat). In the future additional states might
+ active, i.e. has no session in the foreground),
+ <literal>active</literal> (user logged in, and has at
+ least one active session, i.e. one session in the
+ foreground), <literal>closing</literal> (user not
+ logged in, and not lingering, but some processes are
+ still around). In the future additional states might
be defined, client code should be written to be robust
in regards to additional state strings being
returned. The returned string needs to be freed with
or active on a specific seat. Accepts a Unix user
identifier and a seat identifier string as
parameters. The <parameter>require_active</parameter>
- parameter is a boolean. If non-zero (true) this
+ parameter is a boolean value. If non-zero (true), this
function will test if the user is active (i.e. has a
session that is in the foreground and accepting user
input) on the specified seat, otherwise (false) only
<para><function>sd_uid_get_sessions()</function> may
be used to determine the current sessions of the
- specified user. Acceptes a Unix user identifier as
+ specified user. Accepts a Unix user identifier as
parameter. The <parameter>require_active</parameter>
- boolean parameter controls whether the returned list
- shall consist of only those sessions where the user is
- currently active (true) or where the user is currently
- logged in at all, possibly inactive (false). The call
- returns a NULL terminated string array of session
- identifiers in <parameter>sessions</parameter> which
- needs to be freed by the caller with the libc
+ parameter controls whether the returned list shall
+ consist of only those sessions where the user is
+ currently active (> 0), where the user is currently
+ online but possibly inactive (= 0), or
+ logged in at all but possibly closing the session (< 0). The call returns a
+ <constant>NULL</constant> terminated string array of session identifiers in
+ <parameter>sessions</parameter> which needs to be
+ freed by the caller with the libc
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
call after use, including all the strings
referenced. If the string array parameter is passed as
- NULL the array will not be filled in, but the return
+ <constant>NULL</constant>, the array will not be filled in, but the return
code still indicates the number of current
- sessions. Note that instead of an empty array NULL may
+ sessions. Note that instead of an empty array <constant>NULL</constant> may
be returned and should be considered equivalent to an
empty array.</para>
<para>On success
<function>sd_uid_get_state()</function> returns 0 or a
- positive integer. If the test succeeds
+ positive integer. If the test succeeds,
<function>sd_uid_is_on_seat()</function> returns a
positive integer, if it fails
0. <function>sd_uid_get_sessions()</function> and
<function>sd_uid_get_sessions()</function>, and
<function>sd_uid_get_seats()</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>
+ linked to with the <constant>libsystemd-login</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
</refsect1>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-login</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-login</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_pid_get_owner_uid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
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