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diff --git a/man/sd_pid_get_session.xml b/man/sd_pid_get_session.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9517795f78 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/sd_pid_get_session.xml @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@ +<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> + +<!-- + This file is part of systemd. + + Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering + + systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + 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 + Lesser General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License + along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +--> + +<refentry id="sd_pid_get_session"> + + <refentryinfo> + <title>sd_pid_get_session</title> + <productname>systemd</productname> + + <authorgroup> + <author> + <contrib>Developer</contrib> + <firstname>Lennart</firstname> + <surname>Poettering</surname> + <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> + </author> + </authorgroup> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>sd_pid_get_session</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>3</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>sd_pid_get_session</refname> + <refname>sd_pid_get_unit</refname> + <refname>sd_pid_get_owner_uid</refname> + <refpurpose>Determine session, service or owner of a session of a specific PID</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <funcsynopsis> + <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-login.h></funcsynopsisinfo> + + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int <function>sd_pid_get_session</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>pid_t <parameter>pid</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>char** <parameter>session</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int <function>sd_pid_get_unit</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>pid_t <parameter>pid</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>char** <parameter>unit</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int <function>sd_pid_get_owner_uid</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>pid_t <parameter>pid</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>uid_t* <parameter>uid</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + </funcsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para><function>sd_pid_get_session()</function> may be + used to determine the login session identifier of a + process identified by the specified process + identifier. The session identifier is a short string, + suitable for usage in file system paths. Note that not + all processes are part of a login session (e.g. system + service processes, user processes that are shared + between multiple sessions of the same user, or kernel + threads). For processes not being part of a login + session this function will fail. The returned string + needs to be freed with the libc + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> + call after use.</para> + + <para><function>sd_pid_get_unit()</function> may be + used to determine the systemd unit (i.e. system + service) identifier of a process identified by the + specified process identifier. The unit name is a short + string, suitable for usage in file system paths. Note + that not all processes are part of a unit/service + (e.g. user processes, or kernel threads). For + processes not being part of a systemd unit/system + service this function will fail. The returned string + needs to be freed with the libc + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> + call after use.</para> + + <para><function>sd_pid_get_owner_uid()</function> may + be used to determine the Unix user identifier of the + owner of the session of a process identified the + specified PID. Note that this function will succeed + for user processes which are shared between multiple + login sessions of the same user, where + <function>sd_pid_get_session()</function> will + fail. For processes not being part of a login session + and not being a shared process of a user this function + will fail.</para> + + <para>If the <literal>pid</literal> parameter of any + of these functions is passed as 0 the operation is + executed for the calling process.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Return Value</title> + + <para>On success these calls return 0 or a positive + integer. On failure, these calls return a negative + errno-style error code.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Notes</title> + + <para>The <function>sd_pid_get_session()</function>, + <function>sd_pid_get_pid()</function>, and + <function>sd_pid_get_owner_uid()</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> + file.</para> + + <para>Note that the login session identifier as + returned by <function>sd_pid_get_session()</function> + is completely unrelated to the process session + identifier as returned by + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>getsid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-login</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_session_is_active</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>getsid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> + +</refentry> |