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diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-login.xml b/src/libsystemd/sd-login.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..328f71164d --- /dev/null +++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-login.xml @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +<?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-login" conditional='HAVE_PAM' + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> + + <refentryinfo> + <title>sd-login</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-login</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>3</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>sd-login</refname> + <refpurpose>APIs for + tracking logins</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <funcsynopsis> + <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-login.h></funcsynopsisinfo> + </funcsynopsis> + + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>pkg-config --cflags --libs libsystemd</command> + </cmdsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para><filename>sd-login.h</filename> provides APIs to introspect + and monitor seat, login session and user status information on the + local system. </para> + + <para>See <ulink + url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/multiseat">Multi-Seat + on Linux</ulink> for an introduction into multi-seat support on + Linux, the background for this set of APIs.</para> + + <para>Note that these APIs only allow purely passive access and + monitoring of seats, sessions and users. To actively make changes + to the seat configuration, terminate login sessions, or switch + session on a seat you need to utilize the D-Bus API of + systemd-logind, instead.</para> + + <para>These functions synchronously access data in + <filename>/proc</filename>, <filename>/sys/fs/cgroup</filename> + and <filename>/run</filename>. All of these are virtual file + systems, hence the runtime cost of the accesses is relatively + cheap.</para> + + <para>It is possible (and often a very good choice) to mix calls + to the synchronous interface of <filename>sd-login.h</filename> + with the asynchronous D-Bus interface of systemd-logind. However, + if this is done you need to think a bit about possible races since + the stream of events from D-Bus and from + <filename>sd-login.h</filename> interfaces such as the login + monitor are asynchronous and not ordered against each + other.</para> + + <para>If the functions return string arrays, these are generally + <constant>NULL</constant> terminated and need to be freed by the + caller with the libc + <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> + call after use, including the strings referenced therein. + Similarly, individual strings returned need to be freed, as + well.</para> + + <para>As a special exception, instead of an empty string array + <constant>NULL</constant> may be returned, which should be treated + equivalent to an empty string array.</para> + + <para>See + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_pid_get_session</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_uid_get_state</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_session_is_active</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_seat_get_active</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_get_seats</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_login_monitor_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> + for more information about the functions + implemented.</para> + </refsect1> + + <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" /> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_pid_get_session</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_uid_get_state</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_session_is_active</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_seat_get_active</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_get_seats</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_login_monitor_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> + +</refentry> |