3 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-bus/bus-container.c b/src/libsystemd-bus/bus-container.c
index eac1863244..31bb624b34 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-bus/bus-container.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-bus/bus-container.c
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ int bus_container_connect(sd_bus *b) {
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
         r = parse_env_file(p, NEWLINE, "LEADER", &s, "CLASS", &class, NULL);
+        if (r == -ENOENT)
+                return -EHOSTDOWN;
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
         if (!s)
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-bus/bus-util.c b/src/libsystemd-bus/bus-util.c
index 53be009be2..e62ea6a877 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-bus/bus-util.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-bus/bus-util.c
@@ -594,3 +594,38 @@ int bus_generic_print_property(const char *name, sd_bus_message *property, bool
 
         return 0;
 }
+
+int bus_open_transport(BusTransport transport, const char *host, bool user, sd_bus **bus) {
+        int r;
+
+        assert(transport >= 0);
+        assert(transport < _BUS_TRANSPORT_MAX);
+        assert(bus);
+
+        assert_return((transport == BUS_TRANSPORT_LOCAL) == !host, -EINVAL);
+        assert_return(transport == BUS_TRANSPORT_LOCAL || !user, -ENOTSUP);
+
+        switch (transport) {
+
+        case BUS_TRANSPORT_LOCAL:
+                if (user)
+                        r = sd_bus_open_user(bus);
+                else
+                        r = sd_bus_open_system(bus);
+
+                break;
+
+        case BUS_TRANSPORT_REMOTE:
+                r = sd_bus_open_system_remote(host, bus);
+                break;
+
+        case BUS_TRANSPORT_CONTAINER:
+                r = sd_bus_open_system_container(host, bus);
+                break;
+
+        default:
+                assert_not_reached("Hmm, unknown transport type.");
+        }
+
+        return r;
+}
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-bus/bus-util.h b/src/libsystemd-bus/bus-util.h
index 46e10b3c1d..e70006e6eb 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-bus/bus-util.h
+++ b/src/libsystemd-bus/bus-util.h
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@
 #include "time-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
+typedef enum BusTransport {
+        BUS_TRANSPORT_LOCAL,
+        BUS_TRANSPORT_REMOTE,
+        BUS_TRANSPORT_CONTAINER,
+        _BUS_TRANSPORT_MAX,
+        _BUS_TRANSPORT_INVALID = -1
+} BusTransport;
+
 int bus_async_unregister_and_quit(sd_event *e, sd_bus *bus, const char *name);
 
 int bus_event_loop_with_idle(sd_event *e, sd_bus *bus, const char *name, usec_t timeout);
@@ -39,6 +47,8 @@ void bus_verify_polkit_async_registry_free(sd_bus *bus, Hashmap *registry);
 
 int bus_open_system_systemd(sd_bus **_bus);
 
+int bus_open_transport(BusTransport transport, const char *host, bool user, sd_bus **bus);
+
 int bus_generic_print_property(const char *name, sd_bus_message *property, bool all);
 
 DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(sd_bus*, sd_bus_unref);