ActUser

typedef struct _ActUser ActUser;

Represents a user account on the system.

enum ActUserAccountType

typedef enum {
        ACT_USER_ACCOUNT_TYPE_STANDARD,
        ACT_USER_ACCOUNT_TYPE_ADMINISTRATOR,
} ActUserAccountType;

Type of user account

enum ActUserPasswordMode

typedef enum {
        ACT_USER_PASSWORD_MODE_REGULAR,
        ACT_USER_PASSWORD_MODE_SET_AT_LOGIN,
        ACT_USER_PASSWORD_MODE_NONE,
} ActUserPasswordMode;

Mode for setting the user's password.

act_user_collate ()

gint                act_user_collate                    (ActUser *user1,
                                                         ActUser *user2);

Organize the user by login frequency and names.

act_user_get_account_type ()

ActUserAccountType  act_user_get_account_type           (ActUser *user);

Retrieves the account type of user.

act_user_get_automatic_login ()

gboolean            act_user_get_automatic_login        (ActUser *user);

Returns whether or not ActUser is automatically logged in at boot time.

act_user_get_email ()

const char *        act_user_get_email                  (ActUser *user);

Retrieves the email address set by user.

act_user_get_home_dir ()

const char *        act_user_get_home_dir               (ActUser *user);

Retrieves the home directory for user.

act_user_get_icon_file ()

const char *        act_user_get_icon_file              (ActUser *user);

Returns the path to the account icon belonging to user.

act_user_get_language ()

const char *        act_user_get_language               (ActUser *user);

Returns the path to the configured locale of user.

act_user_get_location ()

const char *        act_user_get_location               (ActUser *user);

Retrieves the location set by user.

act_user_get_locked ()

gboolean            act_user_get_locked                 (ActUser *user);

Returns whether or not the ActUser account is locked.

act_user_get_login_frequency ()

int                 act_user_get_login_frequency        (ActUser *user);

Returns the number of times user has logged in.

act_user_get_login_history ()

const GVariant *    act_user_get_login_history          (ActUser *user);

act_user_get_login_time ()

gint64              act_user_get_login_time             (ActUser *user);

act_user_get_num_sessions ()

guint               act_user_get_num_sessions           (ActUser *user);

Get the number of sessions for a user that are graphical and on the same seat as the session of the calling process.

act_user_get_object_path ()

const char *        act_user_get_object_path            (ActUser *user);

Returns the user accounts service object path of user, or NULL if user doesn't have an object path associated with it.

act_user_get_password_hint ()

const char *        act_user_get_password_hint          (ActUser *user);

Retrieves the password hint set by user.

act_user_get_password_mode ()

ActUserPasswordMode act_user_get_password_mode          (ActUser *user);

Retrieves the password mode of user.

act_user_get_primary_session_id ()

const char *        act_user_get_primary_session_id     (ActUser *user);

Returns the id of the primary session of user, or NULL if user has no primary session. The primary session will always be graphical and will be chosen from the sessions on the same seat as the seat of the session of the calling process.

act_user_get_real_name ()

const char *        act_user_get_real_name              (ActUser *user);

Retrieves the display name of user.

act_user_get_shell ()

const char *        act_user_get_shell                  (ActUser *user);

Retrieves the shell assigned to user.

act_user_get_uid ()

uid_t               act_user_get_uid                    (ActUser *user);

Retrieves the ID of user.

act_user_get_user_name ()

const char *        act_user_get_user_name              (ActUser *user);

Retrieves the login name of user.

act_user_get_x_session ()

const char *        act_user_get_x_session              (ActUser *user);

Returns the path to the configured X session for user.

act_user_is_loaded ()

gboolean            act_user_is_loaded                  (ActUser *user);

Determines whether or not the user object is loaded and ready to read from. "is-loaded" property must be TRUE before calling act_user_manager_list_users()

act_user_is_local_account ()

gboolean            act_user_is_local_account           (ActUser *user);

act_user_is_logged_in ()

gboolean            act_user_is_logged_in               (ActUser *user);

Returns whether or not ActUser is currently graphically logged in on the same seat as the seat of the session of the calling process.

act_user_is_system_account ()

gboolean            act_user_is_system_account          (ActUser *user);

Returns whether or not ActUser represents a 'system account' like 'root' or 'nobody'.

act_user_set_account_type ()

void                act_user_set_account_type           (ActUser *user,
                                                         ActUserAccountType account_type);

Changes the account type of user.

Note this function is synchronous and ignores errors.

act_user_set_automatic_login ()

void                act_user_set_automatic_login        (ActUser *user,
                                                         gboolean enabled);

If enabled is set to TRUE then this user will automatically be logged in at boot up time. Only one user can be configured to auto login at any given time, so subsequent calls to act_user_set_automatic_login() override previous calls.

Note this function is synchronous and ignores errors.

act_user_set_email ()

void                act_user_set_email                  (ActUser *user,
                                                         const char *email);

Assigns a new email to user.

Note this function is synchronous and ignores errors.

act_user_set_icon_file ()

void                act_user_set_icon_file              (ActUser *user,
                                                         const char *icon_file);

Assigns a new icon for user.

Note this function is synchronous and ignores errors.

act_user_set_language ()

void                act_user_set_language               (ActUser *user,
                                                         const char *language);

Assigns a new locale for user.

Note this function is synchronous and ignores errors.

act_user_set_location ()

void                act_user_set_location               (ActUser *user,
                                                         const char *location);

Assigns a new location for user.

Note this function is synchronous and ignores errors.

act_user_set_locked ()

void                act_user_set_locked                 (ActUser *user,
                                                         gboolean locked);

Note this function is synchronous and ignores errors.

act_user_set_password ()

void                act_user_set_password               (ActUser *user,
                                                         const gchar *password,
                                                         const gchar *hint);

Changes the password of user to password. hint is displayed to the user if they forget the password.

Note this function is synchronous and ignores errors.

act_user_set_password_mode ()

void                act_user_set_password_mode          (ActUser *user,
                                                         ActUserPasswordMode password_mode);

Changes the password of user. If password_mode is ACT_USER_PASSWORD_MODE_SET_AT_LOGIN then the user will be asked for a new password at the next login. If password_mode is ACT_USER_PASSWORD_MODE_NONE then the user will not require a password to log in.

Note this function is synchronous and ignores errors.

act_user_set_real_name ()

void                act_user_set_real_name              (ActUser *user,
                                                         const char *real_name);

Assigns a new name for user.

Note this function is synchronous and ignores errors.

act_user_set_user_name ()

void                act_user_set_user_name              (ActUser *user,
                                                         const char *user_name);

Assigns a new username for user.

Note this function is synchronous and ignores errors.

act_user_set_x_session ()

void                act_user_set_x_session              (ActUser *user,
                                                         const char *x_session);

Assigns a new x session for user.

Note this function is synchronous and ignores errors.

The "account-type" property

  "account-type"             gint                  : Read

The account type for this user.

Allowed values: [0,1]

Default value: 0

The "automatic-login" property

  "automatic-login"          gboolean              : Read

Automatic Login.

Default value: FALSE

The "email" property

  "email"                    gchar*                : Read

The email address for this user.

Default value: NULL

The "home-directory" property

  "home-directory"           gchar*                : Read

The home directory for this user.

Default value: NULL

The "icon-file" property

  "icon-file"                gchar*                : Read

The path to an icon for this user.

Default value: NULL

The "is-loaded" property

  "is-loaded"                gboolean              : Read

Determines whether or not the user object is loaded and ready to read from.

Default value: FALSE

The "language" property

  "language"                 gchar*                : Read

User's locale.

Default value: NULL

The "local-account" property

  "local-account"            gboolean              : Read

Local Account.

Default value: FALSE

The "location" property

  "location"                 gchar*                : Read

The location of this user.

Default value: NULL

The "locked" property

  "locked"                   gboolean              : Read

Locked.

Default value: FALSE

The "login-frequency" property

  "login-frequency"          gint                  : Read

login frequency.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 0

The "login-history" property

  "login-history"            GVariant*             : Read

The login history for this user.

Allowed values: GVariant<a(xxa{sv})>

Default value: NULL

The "login-time" property

  "login-time"               gint64                : Read

The last login time for this user.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 0

The "password-hint" property

  "password-hint"            gchar*                : Read

Hint to help this user remember his password.

Default value: NULL

The "password-mode" property

  "password-mode"            gint                  : Read

The password mode for this user.

Allowed values: [0,2]

Default value: 0

The "real-name" property

  "real-name"                gchar*                : Read

The real name to display for this user.

Default value: NULL

The "shell" property

  "shell"                    gchar*                : Read

The shell for this user.

Default value: NULL

The "system-account" property

  "system-account"           gboolean              : Read

System Account.

Default value: FALSE

The "uid" property

  "uid"                      gint                  : Read

The UID for this user.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 0

The "user-name" property

  "user-name"                gchar*                : Read

The login name for this user.

Default value: NULL

The "x-session" property

  "x-session"                gchar*                : Read

User's X session.

Default value: NULL

The "changed" signal

void                user_function                      (ActUser *arg0,
                                                        gpointer user_data)      : Run Last

Emitted when the user accounts changes in some way.

The "sessions-changed" signal

void                user_function                      (ActUser *arg0,
                                                        gpointer user_data)      : Run Last

Emitted when the list of sessions for this user changes.