1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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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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8 | "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/accountsservice/accountsservice-&accountsservice-version;.tar.xz">
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9 | <!ENTITY accountsservice-download-ftp " ">
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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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14 | ]>
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15 |
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16 | <sect1 id="accountsservice" xreflabel="AccountsService-&accountsservice-version;">
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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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33 | of those interfaces based on the usermod(8), useradd(8) and
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34 | userdel(8) commands.
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35 | </para>
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36 |
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37 | &lfs120_checked;
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38 |
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39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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41 | <listitem>
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42 | <para>
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43 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&accountsservice-download-http;"/>
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44 | </para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>
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48 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&accountsservice-download-ftp;"/>
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49 | </para>
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50 | </listitem>
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51 | <listitem>
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52 | <para>
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53 | Download MD5 sum: &accountsservice-md5sum;
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54 | </para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | <listitem>
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57 | <para>
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58 | Download size: &accountsservice-size;
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59 | </para>
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60 | </listitem>
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61 | <listitem>
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62 | <para>
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63 | Estimated disk space required: &accountsservice-buildsize;
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64 | </para>
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65 | </listitem>
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66 | <listitem>
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67 | <para>
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68 | Estimated build time: &accountsservice-time;
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69 | </para>
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70 | </listitem>
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71 | </itemizedlist>
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72 |
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73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">AccountsService Dependencies</bridgehead>
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74 |
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75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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76 | <para role="required">
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77 | <!--<xref linkend="libgcrypt"/> and-->
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78 | <xref linkend="polkit"/>
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79 | </para>
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80 |
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81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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82 | <para role="recommended">
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83 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
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84 | <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="elogind"/></phrase>
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85 | <phrase revision="systemd"><xref role='runtime' linkend="systemd"/>
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86 | (runtime)</phrase>, and
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87 | <xref linkend="vala"/>
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88 | </para>
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89 |
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90 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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91 | <para role="optional">
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92 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and
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93 | <xref linkend="xmlto"/>
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94 | </para>
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95 |
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96 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (for tests)</bridgehead>
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97 | <para role="optional">
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98 | <xref linkend="python-dbusmock"/> and
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99 | <xref linkend="pygobject3"/>
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100 | <!-- I did not have gtk-doc installed this time, and it worked fine. -->
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101 | </para>
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102 |
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103 | </sect2>
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104 |
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105 | <sect2 role="installation">
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106 | <title>Installation of AccountsService</title>
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107 |
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108 | <para>
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109 | First, rename a directory whose presence prevents the build system from
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110 | running if <xref linkend="python-dbusmock"/> is not installed:
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111 | </para>
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112 |
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113 | <screen><userinput>mv tests/dbusmock{,-tests}</userinput></screen>
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114 |
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115 | <para>
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116 | Then fix a test script so that the new directory is found, and adapt
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117 | it for Python 3.12.0 or later:
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118 | </para>
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119 |
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120 | <screen><userinput>sed -e '/accounts_service\.py/s/dbusmock/dbusmock-tests/' \
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121 | -e 's/assertEquals/assertEqual/' \
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122 | -i tests/test-libaccountsservice.py</userinput></screen>
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123 |
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124 | <para>
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125 | Fix one test that fails if the <option>en_IE.UTF-8</option> locale
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126 | is not installed:
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127 | </para>
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128 |
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129 | <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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130 |
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131 | <para>
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132 | Install <application>AccountsService</application> by running the following
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133 | commands:
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134 | </para>
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135 |
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136 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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137 | cd build &&
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138 |
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139 | meson setup .. \
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140 | --prefix=/usr \
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141 | --buildtype=release \
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142 | -Dadmin_group=adm \
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143 | -Delogind=true \
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144 | -Dsystemdsystemunitdir=no &&
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145 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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146 |
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147 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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148 | cd build &&
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149 |
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150 | meson setup .. \
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151 | --prefix=/usr \
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152 | --buildtype=release \
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153 | -Dadmin_group=adm &&
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154 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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155 |
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156 | <para>
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157 | To test the package, issue <command>ninja test</command>.
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158 | </para>
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159 |
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160 | <para>
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161 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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162 | </para>
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163 |
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164 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
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165 |
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166 | </sect2>
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167 |
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168 | <sect2 role="commands">
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169 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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170 |
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171 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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172 | href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
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173 |
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174 | <para>
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175 | <parameter>-Dadmin_group=adm</parameter>: This switch sets
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176 | the group for administrator accounts.
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177 | </para>
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178 |
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179 | <para>
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180 | <option>-Ddocbook=true</option>: This switch enables building
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181 | the D-Bus interface API documentation (needs <xref linkend="xmlto"/>).
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182 | </para>
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183 |
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184 | <para>
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185 | <option>-Dgtk_doc=true</option>: This switch enables building
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186 | the libaccountsservice API documentation (needs
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187 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>).
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188 | </para>
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189 |
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190 | <para>
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191 | <option>-Dvapi=false</option>: This switch disables building
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192 | the vala bindings. Use it if you have not installed
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193 | <xref linkend="vala"/>.
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194 | </para>
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195 |
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196 | </sect2>
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197 |
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198 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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199 | <title>Configuring AccountsService</title>
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200 |
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201 | <para>
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202 | To allow users in the adm group to be listed as Administrators,
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203 | execute the following commands as the
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204 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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205 | </para>
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206 |
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207 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/40-adm.rules << "EOF"
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208 | <literal>polkit.addAdminRule(function(action, subject) {
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209 | return ["unix-group:adm"];
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210 | });</literal>
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211 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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212 |
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213 | </sect2>
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214 |
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215 | <sect2 role="content">
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216 | <title>Contents</title>
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217 |
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218 | <segmentedlist>
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219 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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220 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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221 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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222 |
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223 | <seglistitem>
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224 | <seg>
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225 | accounts-daemon (in
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226 | <filename class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename>)
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227 | </seg>
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228 | <seg>
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229 | libaccountsservice.so
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230 | </seg>
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231 | <seg>
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232 | /usr/include/accountsservice-1.0,
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233 | /usr/share/accountsservice,
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234 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libaccountsservice (optional), and
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235 | /var/lib/AccountsService
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236 | </seg>
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237 | </seglistitem>
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238 | </segmentedlist>
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239 |
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240 | <variablelist>
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241 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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242 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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243 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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244 |
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245 | <varlistentry id="accounts-daemon">
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246 | <term><command>accounts-daemon</command></term>
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247 | <listitem>
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248 | <para>
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249 | is the <application>AccountsService</application> daemon
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250 | </para>
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251 | <indexterm zone="accountsservice accounts-daemon">
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252 | <primary sortas="b-accounts-daemon">accounts-daemon</primary>
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253 | </indexterm>
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254 | </listitem>
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255 | </varlistentry>
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256 |
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257 | <varlistentry id="libaccountsservice">
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258 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libaccountsservice.so</filename></term>
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259 | <listitem>
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260 | <para>
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261 | contains the <application>AccountsService</application> API functions
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262 | </para>
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263 | <indexterm zone="accountsservice libaccountsservice">
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264 | <primary sortas="c-libaccountsservice">libaccountsservice.so</primary>
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265 | </indexterm>
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266 | </listitem>
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267 | </varlistentry>
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268 |
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269 | </variablelist>
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270 |
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271 | </sect2>
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272 |
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273 | </sect1>
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