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
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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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37 | </para>
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38 |
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39 | &lfs122_checked;
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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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79 | <!--<xref linkend="libgcrypt"/> and-->
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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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85 | &gobject-introspection;,
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86 | <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="elogind"/></phrase>
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87 | <phrase revision="systemd"><xref role='runtime' linkend="systemd"/>
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88 | (runtime)</phrase>, and
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89 | <xref linkend="vala"/>
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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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94 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and
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95 | <xref linkend="xmlto"/>
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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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100 | <xref linkend="python-dbusmock"/> and
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101 | <xref linkend="pygobject3"/>
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102 | <!-- I did not have gtk-doc installed this time, and it worked fine. -->
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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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109 |
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110 | <para>
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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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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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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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123 | -e 's/assertEquals/assertEqual/' \
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124 | -i tests/test-libaccountsservice.py</userinput></screen>
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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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128 | is not installed:
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129 | </para>
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130 |
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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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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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138 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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139 | cd build &&
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140 |
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141 | meson setup .. \
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142 | --prefix=/usr \
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143 | --buildtype=release \
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144 | -D admin_group=adm \
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145 | -D elogind=true \
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146 | -D systemdsystemunitdir=no</userinput></screen>
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147 |
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148 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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149 | cd build &&
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150 |
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151 | meson setup .. \
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152 | --prefix=/usr \
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153 | --buildtype=release \
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154 | -D admin_group=adm</userinput></screen>
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155 |
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156 | <!-- We have to do this after meson setup because mocklibc is extracted
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157 | from a tarball by the meson setup command. -->
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158 | <para>
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159 | Now adapt the shipped mocklibc copy to allow building the test suite
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160 | with GCC 14 or later:
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161 | </para>
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162 |
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163 | <screen><userinput>grep 'print_indent' ../subprojects/mocklibc-1.0/src/netgroup.c \
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164 | | sed 's/ {/;/' >> ../subprojects/mocklibc-1.0/src/netgroup.h &&
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165 | sed -i '1i#include <stdio.h>' \
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166 | ../subprojects/mocklibc-1.0/src/netgroup.h</userinput></screen>
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167 |
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168 | <para>
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169 | Build the package:
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170 | </para>
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171 |
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172 | <screen><userinput>ninja</userinput></screen>
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173 |
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174 | <para>
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175 | To test the package, issue <command>ninja test</command>.
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176 | </para>
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177 |
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178 | <para>
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179 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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180 | </para>
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181 |
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182 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
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183 |
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184 | </sect2>
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185 |
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186 | <sect2 role="commands">
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187 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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188 |
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189 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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190 | href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
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191 |
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192 | <para>
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193 | <parameter>-D admin_group=adm</parameter>: This switch sets
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194 | the group for administrator accounts.
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195 | </para>
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196 |
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197 | <para>
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198 | <option>-D docbook=true</option>: This switch enables building
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199 | the D-Bus interface API documentation (needs <xref linkend="xmlto"/>).
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200 | </para>
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201 |
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202 | <para>
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203 | <option>-D gtk_doc=true</option>: This switch enables building
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204 | the libaccountsservice API documentation (needs
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205 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>).
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206 | </para>
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207 |
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208 | <para>
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209 | <option>-D vapi=false</option>: This switch disables building
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210 | the vala bindings. Use it if you have not installed
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211 | <xref linkend="vala"/>.
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212 | </para>
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213 |
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214 | </sect2>
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215 |
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216 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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217 | <title>Configuring AccountsService</title>
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218 |
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219 | <para>
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220 | To allow users in the adm group to be listed as Administrators,
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221 | execute the following commands as the
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222 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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223 | </para>
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224 |
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225 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/40-adm.rules << "EOF"
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226 | <literal>polkit.addAdminRule(function(action, subject) {
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227 | return ["unix-group:adm"];
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228 | });</literal>
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229 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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230 |
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231 | </sect2>
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232 |
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233 | <sect2 role="content">
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234 | <title>Contents</title>
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235 |
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236 | <segmentedlist>
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237 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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238 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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239 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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240 |
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241 | <seglistitem>
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242 | <seg>
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243 | accounts-daemon (in
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244 | <filename class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename>)
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245 | </seg>
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246 | <seg>
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247 | libaccountsservice.so
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248 | </seg>
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249 | <seg>
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250 | /usr/include/accountsservice-1.0,
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251 | /usr/share/accountsservice,
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252 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libaccountsservice (optional), and
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253 | /var/lib/AccountsService
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254 | </seg>
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255 | </seglistitem>
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256 | </segmentedlist>
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257 |
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258 | <variablelist>
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259 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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260 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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261 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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262 |
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263 | <varlistentry id="accounts-daemon">
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264 | <term><command>accounts-daemon</command></term>
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265 | <listitem>
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266 | <para>
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267 | is the <application>AccountsService</application> daemon
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268 | </para>
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269 | <indexterm zone="accountsservice accounts-daemon">
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270 | <primary sortas="b-accounts-daemon">accounts-daemon</primary>
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271 | </indexterm>
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272 | </listitem>
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273 | </varlistentry>
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274 |
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275 | <varlistentry id="libaccountsservice">
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276 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libaccountsservice.so</filename></term>
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277 | <listitem>
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278 | <para>
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279 | contains the <application>AccountsService</application> API functions
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280 | </para>
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281 | <indexterm zone="accountsservice libaccountsservice">
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282 | <primary sortas="c-libaccountsservice">libaccountsservice.so</primary>
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283 | </indexterm>
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284 | </listitem>
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285 | </varlistentry>
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286 |
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287 | </variablelist>
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288 |
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289 | </sect2>
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290 |
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291 | </sect1>
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