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[elogind.git] / man / sd_uid_get_state.xml
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   Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
 
   systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.
 
   systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-  General Public License for more details.
+  Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
-  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
 
 
                         <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
                 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>
+                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. Note that instead of an empty array NULL may
+                be returned and should be considered equivalent to an
+                empty array.</para>
 
                 <para>Similar, <function>sd_uid_get_seats()</function>
                 may be used to determine the list of seats on which
                 <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_pid_get_owner_uid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 </para>
         </refsect1>