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1 files changed, 53 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/man/sd_pid_get_session.xml b/man/sd_pid_get_session.xml index b46d47101b..9c6706caf8 100644 --- a/man/sd_pid_get_session.xml +++ b/man/sd_pid_get_session.xml @@ -49,15 +49,17 @@ <refname>sd_pid_get_owner_uid</refname> <refname>sd_pid_get_machine_name</refname> <refname>sd_pid_get_slice</refname> + <refname>sd_pid_get_user_slice</refname> <refname>sd_peer_get_session</refname> <refname>sd_peer_get_unit</refname> <refname>sd_peer_get_user_unit</refname> <refname>sd_peer_get_owner_uid</refname> <refname>sd_peer_get_machine_name</refname> <refname>sd_peer_get_slice</refname> - <refpurpose>Determine session, service, owner of a - session, container/VM or slice of a specific - PID or socket peer</refpurpose> + <refname>sd_peer_get_user_slice</refname> + <refpurpose>Determine session, unit, owner of a session, + container/VM or slice of a specific PID or socket + peer</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> @@ -101,6 +103,12 @@ </funcprototype> <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int <function>sd_pid_get_user_slice</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>pid_t <parameter>pid</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>char **<parameter>slice</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + + <funcprototype> <funcdef>int <function>sd_peer_get_session</function></funcdef> <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef>char **<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef> @@ -135,6 +143,12 @@ <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef>char **<parameter>slice</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> + + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int <function>sd_peer_get_user_slice</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>char **<parameter>slice</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> </funcsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> @@ -155,30 +169,29 @@ call after use.</para> <para><function>sd_pid_get_unit()</function> may be used to - determine the systemd system unit (i.e. system service) identifier - of a process identified by the specified PID. The unit name is a - short string, suitable for usage in file system paths. Note that - not all processes are part of a system unit/service (e.g. user - processes, or kernel threads). For processes not being part of a - systemd system unit this function will fail with -ENXIO (More - specifically: this call will not work for processes that are part - of user units, use <function>sd_pid_get_user_unit()</function> for - that.) The returned string needs to be freed with the libc - <citerefentry + determine the systemd system unit (i.e. system service or scope + unit) identifier of a process identified by the specified PID. The + unit name is a short string, suitable for usage in file system + paths. Note that not all processes are part of a system + unit/service (e.g. user processes, or kernel threads). For + processes not being part of a systemd system unit this function + will fail with -ENXIO (More specifically: this call will not work + for kernel threads.) The returned string needs to be freed with + the libc <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> call after use.</para> <para><function>sd_pid_get_user_unit()</function> may be used to - determine the systemd user unit (i.e. user service) identifier of - a process identified by the specified PID. This is similar to - <function>sd_pid_get_unit()</function> but applies to user units - instead of system units.</para> + determine the systemd user unit (i.e. user service or scope unit) + identifier of a process identified by the specified PID. This is + similar to <function>sd_pid_get_unit()</function> but applies to + user units instead of system units.</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 + determine the Unix UID (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 with -ENXIO.</para> @@ -200,6 +213,10 @@ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> call after use.</para> + <para>Similar, <function>sd_pid_get_user_slice()</function> + returns the user slice (as managed by the user's systemd instance) + of a process.</para> + <para>If the <varname>pid</varname> parameter of any of these functions is passed as 0, the operation is executed for the calling process.</para> @@ -208,10 +225,14 @@ <function>sd_peer_get_unit()</function>, <function>sd_peer_get_user_unit()</function>, <function>sd_peer_get_owner_uid()</function>, - <function>sd_peer_get_machine_name()</function> and - <function>sd_peer_get_slice()</function> calls operate similar to - their PID counterparts, but operate on a connected AF_UNIX socket - and retrieve information about the connected peer process.</para> + <function>sd_peer_get_machine_name()</function>, + <function>sd_peer_get_slice()</function> and + <function>sd_peer_get_user_slice()</function> calls operate + similar to their PID counterparts, but operate on a connected + AF_UNIX socket and retrieve information about the connected peer + process. Note that these fields are retrieved via + <filename>/proc</filename>, and hence are not suitable for + authorization purposes, as they are subject to races.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> @@ -262,15 +283,17 @@ <function>sd_pid_get_owner_uid()</function>, <function>sd_pid_get_machine_name()</function>, <function>sd_pid_get_slice()</function>, + <function>sd_pid_get_user_slice()</function>, <function>sd_peer_get_session()</function>, <function>sd_peer_get_unit()</function>, <function>sd_peer_get_user_unit()</function>, <function>sd_peer_get_owner_uid()</function>, - <function>sd_peer_get_machine_name()</function> and - <function>sd_peer_get_slice()</function> interfaces 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> + <function>sd_peer_get_machine_name()</function>, + <function>sd_peer_get_slice()</function> and + <function>sd_peer_get_user_slice()</function> interfaces 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> <para>Note that the login session identifier as |