[ab4fdfc] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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[eba70158] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY accountsservice-download-http
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[8dfc5c3] | 8 | "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/accountsservice/accountsservice-&accountsservice-version;.tar.xz">
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[eba70158] | 9 | <!ENTITY accountsservice-download-ftp " ">
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[b751256] | 10 | <!ENTITY accountsservice-md5sum "03dccfe1b306b7ca19743e86d118e64d">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY accountsservice-size "621 KB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY accountsservice-buildsize "9.8 MB (add 0.5 MB for tests)">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY accountsservice-time "less than 0.1 SBU (with tests)">
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[eba70158] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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[51dfb3e] | 16 | <sect1 id="accountsservice" xreflabel="AccountsService-&accountsservice-version;">
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[eba70158] | 17 | <?dbhtml filename="accountsservice.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <title>AccountsService-&accountsservice-version;</title>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <indexterm zone="accountsservice">
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| 23 | <primary sortas="a-AccountsService">AccountsService</primary>
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| 24 | </indexterm>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 27 | <title>Introduction to AccountsService</title>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <para>
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| 30 | The <application>AccountsService</application> package provides a
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| 31 | set of <application>D-Bus</application> interfaces for querying
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| 32 | and manipulating user account information and an implementation
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[23b54336] | 33 | of those interfaces based on the
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| 34 | <ulink role='man' url='&man;usermod.8'>usermod(8)</ulink>,
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| 35 | <ulink role='man' url='&man;useradd.8'>useradd(8)</ulink>, and
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| 36 | <ulink role='man' url='&man;userdel.8'>userdel(8)</ulink> commands.
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[eba70158] | 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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[1241ea19] | 39 | &lfs121_checked;
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[eba70158] | 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&accountsservice-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&accountsservice-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &accountsservice-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &accountsservice-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &accountsservice-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &accountsservice-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">AccountsService Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 78 | <para role="required">
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[51eb0bf] | 79 | <!--<xref linkend="libgcrypt"/> and-->
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[eba70158] | 80 | <xref linkend="polkit"/>
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| 81 | </para>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 84 | <para role="recommended">
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[1996a17a] | 85 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
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[51dfb3e] | 86 | <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="elogind"/></phrase>
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[0fab41a] | 87 | <phrase revision="systemd"><xref role='runtime' linkend="systemd"/>
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[1996a17a] | 88 | (runtime)</phrase>, and
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| 89 | <xref linkend="vala"/>
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[eba70158] | 90 | </para>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 93 | <para role="optional">
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[a20845e7] | 94 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and
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[eba70158] | 95 | <xref linkend="xmlto"/>
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[1996a17a] | 96 | </para>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (for tests)</bridgehead>
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| 99 | <para role="optional">
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[e725e77] | 100 | <xref linkend="python-dbusmock"/> and
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| 101 | <xref linkend="pygobject3"/>
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[a20845e7] | 102 | <!-- I did not have gtk-doc installed this time, and it worked fine. -->
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[eba70158] | 103 | </para>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | </sect2>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 108 | <title>Installation of AccountsService</title>
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[b751256] | 109 |
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| 110 | <para>
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[211a019] | 111 | First, rename a directory whose presence prevents the build system from
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| 112 | running if <xref linkend="python-dbusmock"/> is not installed:
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| 113 | </para>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <screen><userinput>mv tests/dbusmock{,-tests}</userinput></screen>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <para>
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[b6c43e5] | 118 | Then fix a test script so that the new directory is found, and adapt
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| 119 | it for Python 3.12.0 or later:
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[211a019] | 120 | </para>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <screen><userinput>sed -e '/accounts_service\.py/s/dbusmock/dbusmock-tests/' \
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[b6c43e5] | 123 | -e 's/assertEquals/assertEqual/' \
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[34d1c20] | 124 | -i tests/test-libaccountsservice.py</userinput></screen>
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[211a019] | 125 |
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| 126 | <para>
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| 127 | Fix one test that fails if the <option>en_IE.UTF-8</option> locale
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[b751256] | 128 | is not installed:
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[34623f0e] | 129 | </para>
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| 130 |
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[b751256] | 131 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/^SIMULATED_SYSTEM_LOCALE/s/en_IE.UTF-8/en_HK.iso88591/' tests/test-daemon.py</userinput></screen>
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| 132 |
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[eba70158] | 133 | <para>
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| 134 | Install <application>AccountsService</application> by running the following
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| 135 | commands:
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| 136 | </para>
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| 137 |
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[51dfb3e] | 138 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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[c89c282] | 139 | cd build &&
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[1575ce1] | 140 |
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[91318eb] | 141 | meson setup .. \
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| 142 | --prefix=/usr \
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| 143 | --buildtype=release \
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| 144 | -Dadmin_group=adm \
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| 145 | -Delogind=true \
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| 146 | -Dsystemdsystemunitdir=no &&
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[51dfb3e] | 147 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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[c89c282] | 150 | cd build &&
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[51dfb3e] | 151 |
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[91318eb] | 152 | meson setup .. \
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| 153 | --prefix=/usr \
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[20f070d8] | 154 | --buildtype=release \
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[91318eb] | 155 | -Dadmin_group=adm &&
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[a20845e7] | 156 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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[eba70158] | 157 |
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| 158 | <para>
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[b751256] | 159 | To test the package, issue <command>ninja test</command>.
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[eba70158] | 160 | </para>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | <para>
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| 163 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 164 | </para>
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| 165 |
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[a20845e7] | 166 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
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[eba70158] | 167 |
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| 168 | </sect2>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 171 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 172 |
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[20f070d8] | 173 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 174 | href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
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| 175 |
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[eba70158] | 176 | <para>
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[a20845e7] | 177 | <parameter>-Dadmin_group=adm</parameter>: This switch sets
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[eba70158] | 178 | the group for administrator accounts.
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| 179 | </para>
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| 180 |
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[9a363500] | 181 | <para>
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[a20845e7] | 182 | <option>-Ddocbook=true</option>: This switch enables building
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[1996a17a] | 183 | the D-Bus interface API documentation (needs <xref linkend="xmlto"/>).
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| 184 | </para>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <para>
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| 187 | <option>-Dgtk_doc=true</option>: This switch enables building
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| 188 | the libaccountsservice API documentation (needs
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| 189 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>).
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| 190 | </para>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <para>
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| 193 | <option>-Dvapi=false</option>: This switch disables building
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| 194 | the vala bindings. Use it if you have not installed
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| 195 | <xref linkend="vala"/>.
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[9a363500] | 196 | </para>
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[20f070d8] | 197 |
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[eba70158] | 198 | </sect2>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 201 | <title>Configuring AccountsService</title>
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| 202 |
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[4045ec3d] | 203 | <para>
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| 204 | To allow users in the adm group to be listed as Administrators,
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| 205 | execute the following commands as the
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| 206 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 207 | </para>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/40-adm.rules << "EOF"
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| 210 | <literal>polkit.addAdminRule(function(action, subject) {
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| 211 | return ["unix-group:adm"];
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| 212 | });</literal>
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| 213 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 214 |
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[eba70158] | 215 | </sect2>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 218 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <segmentedlist>
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| 221 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 222 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 223 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 224 |
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| 225 | <seglistitem>
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| 226 | <seg>
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[048aa04] | 227 | accounts-daemon (in
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| 228 | <filename class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename>)
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[eba70158] | 229 | </seg>
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| 230 | <seg>
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| 231 | libaccountsservice.so
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| 232 | </seg>
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| 233 | <seg>
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| 234 | /usr/include/accountsservice-1.0,
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[048aa04] | 235 | /usr/share/accountsservice,
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| 236 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libaccountsservice (optional), and
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[eba70158] | 237 | /var/lib/AccountsService
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| 238 | </seg>
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| 239 | </seglistitem>
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| 240 | </segmentedlist>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <variablelist>
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| 243 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 244 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 245 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <varlistentry id="accounts-daemon">
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| 248 | <term><command>accounts-daemon</command></term>
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| 249 | <listitem>
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| 250 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 251 | is the <application>AccountsService</application> daemon
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[eba70158] | 252 | </para>
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| 253 | <indexterm zone="accountsservice accounts-daemon">
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| 254 | <primary sortas="b-accounts-daemon">accounts-daemon</primary>
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| 255 | </indexterm>
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| 256 | </listitem>
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| 257 | </varlistentry>
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| 258 |
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| 259 | <varlistentry id="libaccountsservice">
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| 260 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libaccountsservice.so</filename></term>
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| 261 | <listitem>
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| 262 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 263 | contains the <application>AccountsService</application> API functions
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[eba70158] | 264 | </para>
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| 265 | <indexterm zone="accountsservice libaccountsservice">
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| 266 | <primary sortas="c-libaccountsservice">libaccountsservice.so</primary>
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| 267 | </indexterm>
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| 268 | </listitem>
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| 269 | </varlistentry>
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| 270 |
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| 271 | </variablelist>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | </sect2>
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| 274 |
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| 275 | </sect1>
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