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  <refentryinfo>
    <title>sd_get_seats</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_get_seats</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>sd_get_seats</refname>
    <refname>sd_get_sessions</refname>
    <refname>sd_get_uids</refname>
    <refname>sd_get_machine_names</refname>
    <refpurpose>Determine available seats, sessions, logged in users and virtual machines/containers</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

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

      <funcprototype>
        <funcdef>int <function>sd_get_seats</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>char ***<parameter>seats</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>

      <funcprototype>
        <funcdef>int <function>sd_get_sessions</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>char ***<parameter>sessions</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>

      <funcprototype>
        <funcdef>int <function>sd_get_uids</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>uid_t **<parameter>users</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>

      <funcprototype>
        <funcdef>int <function>sd_get_machine_names</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>char ***<parameter>machines</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>

    </funcsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>

    <para><function>sd_get_seats()</function> may be used to determine
    all currently available local seats. Returns the number of seat
    identifiers and if the input pointer is non-NULL, a
    <constant>NULL</constant>-terminated array of seat identifiers
    is stored at the address.
    The returned array and all strings it references 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>Similarly, <function>sd_get_sessions()</function> may be
    used to determine all current login sessions.</para>

    <para>Similarly, <function>sd_get_uids()</function> may be used to
    determine all Unix users who currently have login sessions.</para>

    <para>Similarly, <function>sd_get_machine_names()</function> may
    be used to determine all current virtual machines and containers
    on the system.</para>

    <para>Note that the returned lists are not sorted and in an
    undefined order.</para>
  </refsect1>

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

    <para>On success, <function>sd_get_seats()</function>,
    <function>sd_get_sessions()</function>,
    <function>sd_get_uids()</function> and
    <function>sd_get_machine_names()</function> return the number of
    entries in the arrays. On failure, these calls return a negative
    errno-style error code.</para>
  </refsect1>


  <refsect1>
    <title>Errors</title>

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

    <variablelist>

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

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

  <refsect1>
    <title>Notes</title>

    <para>The <function>sd_get_seats()</function>,
    <function>sd_get_sessions()</function>,
    <function>sd_get_uids()</function> and
    <function>sd_get_machine_names()</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-login</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_session_get_seat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

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