Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
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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 code still
- indicates the number of current sessions.</para>
-
- <para>Similar, <function>sd_uid_get_seats()</function>
+ call after use, including all the strings
+ referenced. If the string array parameter is passed as
+ <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 <constant>NULL</constant> may
+ be returned and should be considered equivalent to an
+ empty array.</para>
+
+ <para>Similarly, <function>sd_uid_get_seats()</function>
may be used to determine the list of seats on which
the user currently has sessions. Similar semantics
apply, however note that the user may have
<refsect1>
<title>Return Value</title>
- <para>On success
+ <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
+ positive integer; if it fails,
0. <function>sd_uid_get_sessions()</function> and
<function>sd_uid_get_seats()</function> return the
number of entries in the returned arrays. On failure,
<function>sd_uid_is_on_seat()</function>,
<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>
+ available as a shared library, which can be compiled and
+ linked to with the <constant>libsystemd</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_pid_get_owner_uid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</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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