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-<refentry id="sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid">
-
- <refentryinfo>
- <title>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid</title>
- <productname>systemd</productname>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>A monkey with a typewriter</contrib>
- <firstname>Zbigniew</firstname>
- <surname>Jędrzejewski-Szmek</surname>
- <email>zbyszek@in.waw.pl</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
- </refentryinfo>
-
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
- </refmeta>
-
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid</refname>
- <refname>sd_bus_creds_get_mask</refname>
- <refname>sd_bus_creds_get_augmented_mask</refname>
- <refname>sd_bus_creds_ref</refname>
- <refname>sd_bus_creds_unref</refname>
- <refname>sd_bus_creds_unrefp</refname>
-
- <refpurpose>Retrieve credentials object for the specified PID</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
-
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <funcsynopsis>
- <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-bus.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
-
- <funcprototype>
- <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid</function></funcdef>
- <paramdef>pid_t <parameter>pid</parameter></paramdef>
- <paramdef>uint64_t <parameter>creds_mask</parameter></paramdef>
- <paramdef>sd_bus_creds **<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
- </funcprototype>
-
- <funcprototype>
- <funcdef>uint64_t <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask</function></funcdef>
- <paramdef>sd_bus_creds *<parameter>c</parameter></paramdef>
- </funcprototype>
-
- <funcprototype>
- <funcdef>uint64_t <function>sd_bus_creds_get_augmented_mask</function></funcdef>
- <paramdef>sd_bus_creds *<parameter>c</parameter></paramdef>
- </funcprototype>
-
- <funcprototype>
- <funcdef>sd_bus_creds *<function>sd_bus_creds_ref</function></funcdef>
- <paramdef>sd_bus_creds *<parameter>c</parameter></paramdef>
- </funcprototype>
-
- <funcprototype>
- <funcdef>sd_bus_creds *<function>sd_bus_creds_unref</function></funcdef>
- <paramdef>sd_bus_creds *<parameter>c</parameter></paramdef>
- </funcprototype>
-
- <funcprototype>
- <funcdef>void <function>sd_bus_creds_unrefp</function></funcdef>
- <paramdef>sd_bus_creds **<parameter>c</parameter></paramdef>
- </funcprototype>
- </funcsynopsis>
-
- <para>
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_PID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_PPID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_TID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EUID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SUID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_FSUID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_GID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EGID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SGID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_FSGID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SUPPLEMENTARY_GIDS</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_COMM</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_TID_COMM</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EXE</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_CMDLINE</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_CGROUP</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UNIT</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SLICE</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_USER_UNIT</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_USER_SLICE</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SESSION</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_OWNER_UID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EFFECTIVE_CAPS</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_PERMITTED_CAPS</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_INHERITABLE_CAPS</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_BOUNDING_CAPS</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SELINUX_CONTEXT</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_AUDIT_SESSION_ID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_AUDIT_LOGIN_UID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_TTY</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UNIQUE_NAME</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_WELL_KNOWN_NAMES</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_DESCRIPTION</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_AUGMENT</constant>,
- <constant>_SD_BUS_CREDS_ALL</constant>
- </para>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Description</title>
-
- <para><function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function> creates a
- new credentials object and fills it with information about the
- process <parameter>pid</parameter>. The pointer to this object
- will be stored in the <parameter>ret</parameter> pointer. Note that
- credential objects may also be created and retrieved via
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_get_name_creds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_get_owner_creds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- and
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_get_creds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
-
- <para>The information that will be stored is determined by
- <parameter>creds_mask</parameter>. It may contain a subset of ORed
- constants <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_PID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_PPID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_TID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EUID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SUID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_FSUID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_GID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EGID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SGID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_FSGID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SUPPLEMENTARY_GIDS</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_COMM</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_TID_COMM</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EXE</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_CMDLINE</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_CGROUP</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UNIT</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SLICE</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_USER_UNIT</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_USER_SLICE</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SESSION</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_OWNER_UID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EFFECTIVE_CAPS</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_PERMITTED_CAPS</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_INHERITABLE_CAPS</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_BOUNDING_CAPS</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SELINUX_CONTEXT</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_AUDIT_SESSION_ID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_AUDIT_LOGIN_UID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_TTY</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UNIQUE_NAME</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_WELL_KNOWN_NAMES</constant>, and
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_DESCRIPTION</constant>. Use the special
- value <constant>_SD_BUS_CREDS_ALL</constant> to request all
- supported fields. The <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_AUGMENT</constant>
- constant may not be ORed into the mask for invocations of
- <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function>.</para>
-
- <para>Fields can be retrieved from the credentials object using
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_creds_get_pid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- and other functions which correspond directly to the constants
- listed above.</para>
-
- <para>A mask of fields which were actually successfully retrieved
- can be retrieved with
- <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function>. If the credentials
- object was created with
- <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function>, this will be a
- subset of fields requested in <parameter>creds_mask</parameter>.
- </para>
-
- <para>Similar to <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function>, the
- function <function>sd_bus_creds_get_augmented_mask()</function>
- returns a bitmask of field constants. The mask indicates which
- credential fields have been retrieved in a non-atomic fashion. For
- credential objects created via
- <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function>, this mask will be
- identical to the mask returned by
- <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function>. However, for
- credential objects retrieved via
- <function>sd_bus_get_name_creds()</function>, this mask will be set
- for the credential fields that could not be determined atomically
- at peer connection time, and which were later added by reading
- augmenting credential data from
- <filename>/proc</filename>. Similarly, for credential objects
- retrieved via <function>sd_bus_get_owner_creds()</function>, the
- mask is set for the fields that could not be determined atomically
- at bus creation time, but have been augmented. Similarly, for
- credential objects retrieved via
- <function>sd_bus_message_get_creds()</function>, the mask is set
- for the fields that could not be determined atomically at message
- sending time, but have been augmented. The mask returned by
- <function>sd_bus_creds_get_augmented_mask()</function> is always a
- subset of (or identical to) the mask returned by
- <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function> for the same
- object. The latter call hence returns all credential fields
- available in the credential object, the former then marks the
- subset of those that have been augmented. Note that augmented
- fields are unsuitable for authorization decisions, as they may be
- retrieved at different times, thus being subject to races. Hence,
- augmented fields should be used exclusively for informational
- purposes.
- </para>
-
- <para><function>sd_bus_creds_ref()</function> creates a new
- reference to the credentials object <parameter>c</parameter>. This
- object will not be destroyed until
- <function>sd_bus_creds_unref()</function> has been called as many
- times plus once more. Once the reference count has dropped to zero,
- <parameter>c</parameter> cannot be used anymore, so further
- calls to <function>sd_bus_creds_ref(c)</function> or
- <function>sd_bus_creds_unref(c)</function> are illegal.</para>
-
- <para><function>sd_bus_creds_unref()</function> destroys a reference
- to <parameter>c</parameter>.</para>
-
- <para><function>sd_bus_creds_unrefp()</function> is similar to
- <function>sd_bus_creds_unref()</function> but takes a pointer to a
- pointer to an <type>sd_bus_creds</type> object. This call is useful in
- conjunction with GCC's and LLVM's <ulink
- url="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Variable-Attributes.html">Clean-up
- Variable Attribute</ulink>. Note that this function is defined as
- inline function.</para>
-
- <para><function>sd_bus_creds_ref()</function>,
- <function>sd_bus_creds_unref()</function> and
- <function>sd_bus_creds_unrefp()</function> execute no operation if
- the passed in bus credentials object is
- <constant>NULL</constant>.</para>
-
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Return Value</title>
-
- <para>On success, <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function>
- returns 0 or a positive integer. On failure, it returns a negative
- errno-style error code.</para>
-
- <para><function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function> returns the
- mask of successfully acquired fields.</para>
-
- <para><function>sd_bus_creds_get_augmented_mask()</function>
- returns the mask of fields that have been augmented from data in
- <filename>/proc</filename>, and are thus not suitable for
- authorization decisions.</para>
-
- <para><function>sd_bus_creds_ref()</function> always returns the
- argument.</para>
-
- <para><function>sd_bus_creds_unref()</function> always returns
- <constant>NULL</constant>.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Reference ownership</title>
-
- <para>Function <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function>
- creates a new object and the caller owns the sole reference. When
- not needed anymore, this reference should be destroyed with
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_creds_unref</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Errors</title>
-
- <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><constant>-ESRCH</constant></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Specified <parameter>pid</parameter> could not
- be found.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Specified parameter is invalid
- (<constant>NULL</constant> in case of output
- parameters).</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><constant>-ENOMEM</constant></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Memory allocation failed.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><constant>-EOPNOTSUPP</constant></term>
-
- <listitem><para>One of the requested fields is unknown to the local system.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Notes</title>
-
- <para><function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function> and the
- other calls described here are available as a shared library,
- which can be compiled and linked to with the
- <constant>libsystemd</constant> <citerefentry
- project='die-net'><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-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_creds_get_pid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_get_name_creds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_get_owner_creds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_get_creds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
-
-</refentry>