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<refentry id="sd_bus_request_name" conditional="ENABLE_KDBUS">
<refentryinfo>
<title>sd_bus_request_name</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_bus_request_name</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>sd_bus_request_name</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_release_name</refname>
<refpurpose>Request or release a well-known name on a bus</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-bus.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_request_name</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>const char *<parameter>name</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>uint64_t <parameter>flags</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_release_name</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>const char *<parameter>name</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><function>sd_bus_request_name()</function> requests
a well-known name on a bus. It takes a bus connection,
a valid bus name and a flags parameter. The flags
parameter is a combination of the following
flags:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>SD_BUS_NAME_ALLOW_REPLACEMENT</varname></term>
<listitem><para>After acquiring the
name successfully, permit other peers
to take over the name when they try to
acquire it with the
<varname>SD_BUS_NAME_REPLACE_EXISTING</varname>
flag set. If
<varname>SD_BUS_NAME_ALLOW_REPLACEMENT</varname>
is not set on the original request,
such a request by other peers will be
denied.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>SD_BUS_NAME_REPLACE_EXISTING</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Take over the name
if it is already acquired by another
peer, and that other peer has permitted
takeover by setting
<varname>SD_BUS_NAME_ALLOW_REPLACEMENT</varname>
while acquiring it.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>SD_BUS_NAME_QUEUE</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Queue the acquisition
of the name when the name is already
taken.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para><function>sd_bus_release_name()</function> releases
an acquired well-known name. It takes a bus connection
and a valid bus name as parameters.</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>
<para>If <varname>SD_BUS_NAME_QUEUE</varname> is
specified, <function>sd_bus_request_name()</function>
will return 0 when the name is already taken by
another peer and the client has been added to the
queue for the name. In that case, the caller can
subscribe to <literal>NameOwnerChanged</literal>
signals to be notified when the name is successfully
acquired. <function>sd_bus_request_name()</function>
returns &gt; 0 when the name has immediately been
acquired successfully.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Errors</title>
<para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-EALREADY</constant></term>
<listitem><para>The caller already is
the owner of the specified
name.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-EEXIST</constant></term>
<listitem><para>The name has already
been acquired by a different peer, and
SD_BUS_NAME_REPLACE_EXISTING was not
specified or the other peer did not
specify SD_BUS_NAME_ALLOW_REPLACEMENT
while acquiring the
name.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ESRCH</constant></term>
<listitem><para>It was attempted to
release a name that is currently not
registered on the
bus.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-EADDRINUSE</constant></term>
<listitem><para>It was attempted to
release a name that is owned by a
different peer on the
bus.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
<listitem><para>A specified parameter
is invalid.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ENOTCONN</constant></term>
<listitem><para>The bus connection has
been disconnected.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ECHILD</constant></term>
<listitem><para>The bus connection has
been created in a different process
than the current one.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>The <function>sd_bus_acquire_name()</function>
and <function>sd_bus_release_name()</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>
</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_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>