UserManager

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Description:

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Properties:

• public void* exclude_usernames_list { get; set; }
• public bool has_multiple_users { get; set; }
• public void* include_usernames_list { get; set; }
• public bool is_loaded { get; }

Static methods:

• public static unowned UserManager get_default ()
  Returns the user manager singleton instance.

Creation methods:

• protected UserManager ()

Methods:

• public bool activate_user_session (User user)
  Activate the session for a given user.
• public User cache_user (string username) throws Error
  Caches a user account so it shows up via list_users.
• public async User cache_user_async (string username, Cancellable? cancellable) throws Error
  Asynchronously caches a user account so it shows up via list_users.
• public bool can_switch ()
  Check whether the user can switch to another session.
• public User create_user (string username, string fullname, UserAccountType accounttype) throws Error
  Creates a user account on the system.
• public async User create_user_async (string username, string fullname, UserAccountType accounttype, Cancellable? cancellable) throws Error
  Asynchronously creates a user account on the system.
• public bool delete_user (User user, bool remove_files) throws Error
  Deletes a user account on the system.
• public async bool delete_user_async (User user, bool remove_files, Cancellable? cancellable) throws Error
  Asynchronously deletes a user account from the system.
• public unowned User get_user (string username)
  Retrieves a pointer to the User object for the login username from this.
• public unowned User get_user_by_id (uint id)
  Retrieves a pointer to the User object for the user with the given uid from this.
• public bool goto_login_session ()
  Switch the display to the login manager.
• public SList<unowned User> list_users ()
  Get a list of system user accounts
• public bool no_service ()
  Check whether or not the accounts service is running.
• public bool uncache_user (string username) throws Error
  Releases all metadata about a user account, including icon, language and session.
• public async bool uncache_user_async (string username, Cancellable? cancellable) throws Error

Signals:

• public virtual signal void user_added (User user)
  Emitted when a user is added to the user manager.
• public virtual signal void user_changed (User user)
  One of the users has changed
• public virtual signal void user_is_logged_in_changed (User user)
  One of the users has logged in or out.
• public virtual signal void user_removed (User user)
  Emitted when a user is removed from the user manager.

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