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SDGETSEATS(3) sd_get_seats SDGETSEATS(3)

NAME top

   sd_get_seats, sd_get_sessions, sd_get_uids, sd_get_machine_names -
   Determine available seats, sessions, logged in users and virtual
   machines/containers

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <systemd/sd-login.h>**

   **int sd_get_seats(char ***_seats_**);**

   **int sd_get_sessions(char ***_sessions_**);**

   **int sd_get_uids(uid_t** _users_**);**

   **int sd_get_machine_names(char ***_machines_**);**

DESCRIPTION top

   **sd_get_seats()** 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 **NULL**-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 [free(3)](../man3/free.3.html) call
   after use. Note that instead of an empty array **NULL** may be
   returned and should be considered equivalent to an empty array.

   Similarly, **sd_get_sessions()** may be used to determine all current
   login sessions.

   Similarly, **sd_get_uids()** may be used to determine all Unix users
   who currently have login sessions.

   Similarly, **sd_get_machine_names()** may be used to determine all
   current virtual machines and containers on the system.

   Note that the returned lists are not sorted and in an undefined
   order.

RETURN VALUE top

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

Errors Returned errors may indicate the following problems:

   **-ENOMEM**
       Memory allocation failed.

NOTES top

   Functions described here are available as a shared library, which
   can be compiled against and linked to with the
   **libsystemd pkg-config**(1) file.

   The code described here uses [getenv(3)](../man3/getenv.3.html), which is declared to be
   not multi-thread-safe. This means that the code calling the
   functions described here must not call [setenv(3)](../man3/setenv.3.html) from a parallel
   thread. It is recommended to only do calls to **setenv()** from an
   early phase of the program when no other threads have been
   started.

HISTORY top

   **sd_get_machine_names()** was added in version 203.

SEE ALSO top

   [systemd(1)](../man1/systemd.1.html), [sd-login(3)](../man3/sd-login.3.html), [sd_session_get_seat(3)](../man3/sd%5Fsession%5Fget%5Fseat.3.html)

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