man/sd_seat_get_active.xml

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<refentry id="sd_seat_get_active" conditional='HAVE_PAM'
          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">

  <refentryinfo>
    <title>sd_seat_get_active</title>
    <productname>systemd</productname>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>sd_seat_get_active</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>sd_seat_get_active</refname>
    <refname>sd_seat_get_sessions</refname>
    <refname>sd_seat_can_tty</refname>
    <refname>sd_seat_can_graphical</refname>
    <refpurpose>Determine state of a specific seat</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <funcsynopsis>
      <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-login.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>

      <funcprototype>
        <funcdef>int <function>sd_seat_get_active</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>seat</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>char **<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>uid_t *<parameter>uid</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>

      <funcprototype>
        <funcdef>int <function>sd_seat_get_sessions</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>seat</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>char ***<parameter>ret_sessions</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>uid_t **<parameter>ret_uids</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>unsigned int *<parameter>ret_n_uids</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>

      <funcprototype>
        <funcdef>int <function>sd_seat_can_tty</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>seat</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>

      <funcprototype>
        <funcdef>int <function>sd_seat_can_graphical</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>seat</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
    </funcsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>

    <para><function>sd_seat_get_active()</function> may be used to
    determine which session is currently active on a seat, if there is
    any. Returns the session identifier and the user identifier of the
    Unix user the session is belonging to. Either the session or the
    user identifier parameter can be passed <constant>NULL</constant>,
    in case only one of the parameters shall be queried. 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_seat_get_sessions()</function> may be used to determine all sessions on the specified
    seat. Returns two arrays, one (<constant>NULL</constant> terminated) with the session identifiers of the
    sessions and one with the user identifiers of the Unix users the sessions belong to. An additional
    parameter may be used to return the number of entries in the latter array. This value is the same as the
    return value if the return value is nonnegative. The output parameters may be passed as
    <constant>NULL</constant> in case these output values are not needed. The arrays and the strings
    referenced by them need to be freed with the libc <citerefentry
    project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> call after
    use. Note that instead of an empty array <constant>NULL</constant> may be returned and should be
    considered equivalent to an empty array.</para>

    <para><function>sd_seat_can_tty()</function> may be used to
    determine whether a specific seat provides TTY functionality, i.e.
    is useful as a text console.</para>

    <para><function>sd_seat_can_graphical()</function> may be used to
    determine whether a specific seat provides graphics functionality,
    i.e. is useful as a graphics display.</para>

    <para>If the <varname>seat</varname> parameter of any of these
    functions is passed as <constant>NULL</constant>, the operation is
    executed for the seat of the session of the calling process, if
    there is any.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Return Value</title>

    <para> On success, <function>sd_seat_get_active()</function> returns 0 or a positive integer. On success,
    <function>sd_seat_get_sessions()</function> returns the number of entries in the session identifier
    array. If the test succeeds,
    <function>sd_seat_can_tty()</function> and <function>sd_seat_can_graphical()</function> return a positive
    integer, if it fails 0. On failure, these calls return a negative errno-style error code.</para>

    <refsect2>
      <title>Errors</title>

      <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>

      <variablelist>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>-ENODATA</constant></term>

          <listitem><para>The given field is not specified for the described seat.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>-ENXIO</constant></term>

          <listitem><para>The specified seat is unknown.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>

          <listitem><para>An input parameter was invalid (out of range, or <constant>NULL</constant>, where
          that is not accepted).</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>-ENOMEM</constant></term>

          <listitem><para>Memory allocation failed.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </refsect2>
  </refsect1>

  <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />

  <refsect1>
    <title>History</title>

    <para>In the past, <function>sd_seat_can_multi_session()</function> was used to check whether the seat
    supports multiple sessions. All seats support that now, so that function has been deprecated and always
    returns true.</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_get_seat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

</refentry>