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author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2017-09-17 20:05:57 +0200 |
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committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2017-09-17 21:08:56 +0200 |
commit | 9610fb38147a1b7123579414ad419ad1f78697d9 (patch) | |
tree | c4dc35f254297d6481b420f2fb05c4acc23f7f28 /man/sd-login.xml | |
parent | 0ae42c9b7a17713bcb639b4f296ee1a3d9e398d1 (diff) | |
download | systemd-9610fb38147a1b7123579414ad419ad1f78697d9.tar.gz |
man: update limits on seat and session identifiers in sd-login(3)
For the session identifier, the code is currently slightly stricter, because it
only uses digits and letters, than the description. This should be OK.
Fixes #6745.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/sd-login.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | man/sd-login.xml | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man/sd-login.xml b/man/sd-login.xml index 5022ff6be3..b2131a9af9 100644 --- a/man/sd-login.xml +++ b/man/sd-login.xml @@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ <listitem><para>A seat consists of all hardware devices assigned to a specific workplace. It consists of at least one graphics device, and usually also includes keyboard, mouse. It can also include video cameras, sound cards and more. Seats - are identified by seat names, which are short strings (<= 64 chars), that start - with the four characters <literal>seat</literal> followed by at least one more + are identified by seat names, which are strings (<= 255 characters), that start + with the four characters <literal>seat</literal> followed by at least one character from the range [a-zA-Z0-9], <literal>_</literal> and - <literal>-</literal>. They are suitable for inclusion in file names. Seat names - may or may not be stable and may be reused if a seat becomes available again. + <literal>-</literal>. They are suitable for use as file names. Seat names may or + may not be stable and may be reused if a seat becomes available again. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> ensures that audit sessions are identical to systemd sessions, and uses the audit - session ID as session ID in systemd (if auditing is enabled). The session - identifier too shall be considered a short string (<= 64 chars) consisting only - of [a-zA-Z0-9], <literal>_</literal> and <literal>-</literal>, suitable for - inclusion in a file name. Session IDs are unique on the local machine and are + session ID as session ID in systemd (if auditing is enabled). In general the + session identifier is a short string consisting only of [a-zA-Z0-9], + <literal>_</literal> and <literal>-</literal>, suitable for use as a file name. + Session IDs are unique on the local machine and are never reused as long as the machine is online. A user (the way we know it on UNIX) corresponds to the person using a computer. A single user can have multiple sessions open at the same time. A user is identified by a numeric user id (UID) or |