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798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <surname>Poettering</surname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </author>
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798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
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798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refentrytitle>sd_pid_get_session</refentrytitle>
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798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </refmeta>
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798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refnamediv>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>sd_pid_get_session</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>sd_pid_get_unit</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>sd_pid_get_user_unit</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>sd_pid_get_owner_uid</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>sd_pid_get_machine_name</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>sd_pid_get_slice</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>sd_peer_get_session</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>sd_peer_get_unit</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>sd_peer_get_user_unit</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>sd_peer_get_owner_uid</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>sd_peer_get_machine_name</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>sd_peer_get_slice</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refpurpose>Determine session, service, owner of a
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek session, container/VM or slice of a specific
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek PID or socket peer</refpurpose>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </refnamediv>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refsynopsisdiv>
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798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-login.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
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798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcdef>int <function>sd_pid_get_session</function></funcdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>pid_t <parameter>pid</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>char **<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcprototype>
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798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>char **<parameter>unit</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcdef>int <function>sd_pid_get_user_unit</function></funcdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>pid_t <parameter>pid</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>char **<parameter>unit</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcdef>int <function>sd_pid_get_owner_uid</function></funcdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>pid_t <parameter>pid</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>uid_t *<parameter>uid</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcdef>int <function>sd_pid_get_machine_name</function></funcdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>pid_t <parameter>pid</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>char **<parameter>name</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
ff9b60f38bf68eba4a47cabff14547d92e083214Torstein Husebø <funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcdef>int <function>sd_pid_get_slice</function></funcdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>pid_t <parameter>pid</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>char **<parameter>slice</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcdef>int <function>sd_peer_get_session</function></funcdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>char **<parameter>session</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcdef>int <function>sd_peer_get_unit</function></funcdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>char **<parameter>unit</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcdef>int <function>sd_peer_get_user_unit</function></funcdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>char **<parameter>unit</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcdef>int <function>sd_peer_get_owner_uid</function></funcdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>uid_t *<parameter>uid</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcdef>int <function>sd_peer_get_machine_name</function></funcdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>char **<parameter>name</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <funcdef>int <function>sd_peer_get_slice</function></funcdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <paramdef>char **<parameter>slice</parameter></paramdef>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </funcprototype>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </funcsynopsis>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </refsynopsisdiv>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refsect1>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <title>Description</title>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <para><function>sd_pid_get_session()</function> may be used to
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek determine the login session identifier of a process identified by
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek the specified process identifier. The session identifier is a
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek short string, suitable for usage in file system paths. Note that
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek not all processes are part of a login session (e.g. system service
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek processes, user processes that are shared between multiple
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek sessions of the same user, or kernel threads). For processes not
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek being part of a login session this function will fail. The
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek returned string needs to be freed with the libc
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek call after use.</para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <para><function>sd_pid_get_unit()</function> may be used to
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek determine the systemd system unit (i.e. system service) identifier
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek of a process identified by the specified PID. The unit name is a
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek short string, suitable for usage in file system paths. Note that
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek not all processes are part of a system unit/service (e.g. user
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek processes, or kernel threads). For processes not being part of a
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek systemd system unit this function will fail. (More specifically:
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek this call will not work for processes that are part of user units,
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek use <function>sd_pid_get_user_unit()</function> for that.) The
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek returned string needs to be freed with the libc
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek call after use.</para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <para><function>sd_pid_get_user_unit()</function> may be used to
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek determine the systemd user unit (i.e. user service) identifier of
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek a process identified by the specified PID. This is similar to
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <function>sd_pid_get_unit()</function> but applies to user units
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek instead of system units.</para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <para><function>sd_pid_get_owner_uid()</function> may be used to
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek determine the Unix user identifier of the owner of the session of
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek a process identified the specified PID. Note that this function
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek will succeed for user processes which are shared between multiple
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek login sessions of the same user, where
3736955368e8a3a24962f5fdd25cce3281885c30Lennart Poettering <function>sd_pid_get_session()</function> will fail. For processes
3736955368e8a3a24962f5fdd25cce3281885c30Lennart Poettering not being part of a login session and not being a shared process
of a user this function will fail.</para>
<para><function>sd_pid_get_machine_name()</function> may be used
to determine the name of the VM or container is a member of. The
machine name is a short string, suitable for usage in file system
paths. 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_pid_get_slice()</function> may be used to
determine the slice unit the process is a member of. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details about slices. 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>If the <varname>pid</varname> parameter of any of these
functions is passed as 0, the operation is executed for the
calling process.</para>
<para>The <function>sd_peer_get_session()</function>,
<function>sd_peer_get_unit()</function>,
<function>sd_peer_get_user_unit()</function>,
<function>sd_peer_get_owner_uid()</function>,
<function>sd_peer_get_machine_name()</function> and
<function>sd_peer_get_slice()</function> calls operate similar to
their PID counterparts, but operate on a connected AF_UNIX socket
and retrieve information about the connected peer process.</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>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>The <function>sd_pid_get_session()</function>,
<function>sd_pid_get_unit()</function>,
<function>sd_pid_get_user_unit()</function>,
<function>sd_pid_get_owner_uid()</function>,
<function>sd_pid_get_machine_name()</function>,
<function>sd_pid_get_slice()</function>,
<function>sd_peer_get_session()</function>,
<function>sd_peer_get_unit()</function>,
<function>sd_peer_get_user_unit()</function>,
<function>sd_peer_get_owner_uid()</function>,
<function>sd_peer_get_machine_name()</function> and
<function>sd_peer_get_slice()</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>
<para>Note that the login session identifier as
returned by <function>sd_pid_get_session()</function>
is completely unrelated to the process session
identifier as returned by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>getsid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</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_is_active</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>getsid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>