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-<refentry id="sd_bus_creds_get_pid">
+<refentry id="sd_bus_creds_get_pid" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>sd_bus_creds_get_pid</title>
to determine the mask of fields available.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_creds_get_pid()</function> will retrieve
- the PID (process identifier). Similar,
+ the PID (process identifier). Similarly,
<function>sd_bus_creds_get_ppid()</function> will retrieve the
parent PID. Note that PID 1 has no parent process, in which case
-ENXIO is returned.</para>
TID (thread identifier).</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_creds_get_uid()</function> will retrieve
- the numeric UID (user identifier). Similar,
+ the numeric UID (user identifier). Similarly,
<function>sd_bus_creds_get_euid()</function> returns the effective
UID, <function>sd_bus_creds_get_suid()</function> the saved UID
and <function>sd_bus_creds_get_fsuid()</function> the file system
UID.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_creds_get_gid()</function> will retrieve the
- numeric GID (group identifier). Similar,
+ numeric GID (group identifier). Similarly,
<function>sd_bus_creds_get_egid()</function> returns the effective
GID, <function>sd_bus_creds_get_sgid()</function> the saved GID
and <function>sd_bus_creds_get_fsgid()</function> the file system
<para><function>sd_bus_creds_get_exe()</function> will retrieve
the path to the program executable (as stored in the
<filename>/proc/<replaceable>pid</replaceable>/exe</filename>
- link, but with <literal> (deleted)</literal> suffix removed). Note
+ link, but with the <literal> (deleted)</literal> suffix removed). Note
that kernel threads do not have an executable path, in which case
-ENXIO is returned.</para>
-ENXIO is returned.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_creds_get_cgroup()</function> will retrieve
- the cgroup path. See <ulink
- url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt">cgroups.txt</ulink>.
+ the control group path. See <ulink
+ url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/cgroups.txt">cgroups.txt</ulink>.
</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_creds_get_unit()</function> will retrieve
the systemd unit name (in the system instance of systemd) that the
- process is part of. See
+ process is a part of. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. For
- processes that are not part of a unit returns -ENXIO.
+ processes that are not part of a unit, returns -ENXIO.
</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_creds_get_user_unit()</function> will
retrieve the systemd unit name (in the user instance of systemd)
- that the process is part of. See
+ that the process is a part of. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. For
- processes that are not part of a user unit returns -ENXIO.
+ processes that are not part of a user unit, returns -ENXIO.
</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_creds_get_slice()</function> will retrieve
the systemd slice (a unit in the system instance of systemd) that
- the process is part of. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Similar,
+ the process is a part of. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Similarly,
<function>sd_bus_creds_get_user_slice()</function> retrieves the
systemd slice of the process, in the user instance of systemd.
</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_creds_get_session()</function> will
retrieve the identifier of the login session that the process is
- part of. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. For
- processes that are not part of a session returns -ENXIO.
- </para>
+ a part of. Please note the login session may be limited to a stub
+ process or two. User processes may instead be started from their
+ systemd user manager, e.g. GUI applications started using DBus
+ activation, as well as service processes which are shared between
+ multiple logins of the same user. For processes that are not part
+ of a session, returns -ENXIO.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_creds_get_owner_uid()</function> will
retrieve the numeric UID (user identifier) of the user who owns
- the login session that the process is part of. See
+ the user unit or login session that the process is a part of. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- For processes that are not part of a session returns -ENXIO.
+ For processes that are not part of a user unit or session, returns
+ -ENXIO.
</para>
- <para><function>sd_bus_creds_has_effective_cap()</function> will
- check whether the capability specified by
- <parameter>capability</parameter> was set in the effective
- capabilities mask. A positive return value means that is was
- set, zero means that it was not set, and a negative return
- value indicates an error. See
- <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- and <varname>Capabilities=</varname> and
- <varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname> settings in
+ <para><function>sd_bus_creds_has_effective_cap()</function> will check whether the capability specified by
+ <parameter>capability</parameter> was set in the effective capabilities mask. A positive return value means that it
+ was set, zero means that it was not set, and a negative return value indicates an error. See <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> and the
+ <varname>AmbientCapabilities=</varname> and <varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname> settings in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
modified by the caller.</para>
<para>All functions that take a <parameter>char***</parameter>
- parameter will store the answer there as an address of a an array
+ parameter will store the answer there as an address of an array
of strings. Each individual string is NUL-terminated, and the
array is NULL-terminated as a whole. It will be valid as long as
<parameter>c</parameter> remains valid, and should not be freed or
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ENODATA</constant></term>
- <listitem><para>Given field is not available in the
+ <listitem><para>The given field is not available in the
credentials object <parameter>c</parameter>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ENXIO</constant></term>
- <listitem><para>Given field is not specified for the described
+ <listitem><para>The given field is not specified for the described
process or peer. This will be returned by
- <function>sd_bus_get_unit()</function>,
- <function>sd_bus_get_slice()</function>,
- <function>sd_bus_get_user_unit()</function>,
- <function>sd_bus_get_user_slice()</function>,
- <function>sd_bus_get_session()</function>, and
- <function>sd_bus_get_owner_uid()</function> if the process is
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_get_unit()</function>,
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_get_slice()</function>,
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_get_user_unit()</function>,
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_get_user_slice()</function>, and
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_get_session()</function> if the process is
not part of a systemd system unit, systemd user unit, systemd
- slice, or logind session. It will also be returned by
- <function>sd_bus_creds_get_exe()</function> and
+ slice, or logind session. It will be returned by
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_get_owner_uid()</function> if the process is
+ not part of a systemd user unit or logind session. It will also be
+ returned by <function>sd_bus_creds_get_exe()</function> and
<function>sd_bus_creds_get_cmdline()</function> for kernel
- threads (since these aren't started from an executable binary
- or have a command line),
+ threads (since these are not started from an executable binary,
+ nor have a command line), and by
<function>sd_bus_creds_get_audit_session_id()</function> and
<function>sd_bus_creds_get_audit_login_uid()</function> when
the process is not part of an audit session, and
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
- <refsect1>
- <title>Notes</title>
-
- <para><function>sd_bus_creds_get_pid()</function> and the other
- functions described here 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>
+ <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>