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Gio::Credentials Class Reference

An object containing credentials. More...

#include <giomm/credentials.h>

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Public Member Functions

virtual ~Credentials ()
 
GCredentials* gobj ()
 Provides access to the underlying C GObject. More...
 
const GCredentials* gobj () const
 Provides access to the underlying C GObject. More...
 
GCredentials* gobj_copy ()
 Provides access to the underlying C instance. The caller is responsible for unrefing it. Use when directly setting fields in structs. More...
 
Glib::ustring to_string () const
 Creates a human-readable textual representation of credentials that can be used in logging and debug messages. More...
 
gpointer get_native (CredentialsType native_type)
 Gets a pointer to native credentials of type native_type from credentials. More...
 
void set_native (CredentialsType native_type, gpointer native)
 Copies the native credentials of type native_type from native into credentials. More...
 
bool is_same_user (const Glib::RefPtr< const Credentials >& other_credentials)
 Checks if credentials and other_credentials is the same user. More...
 
uid_t get_unix_user ()
 Tries to get the UNIX user identifier from credentials. More...
 
bool set_unix_user (uid_t uid)
 Tries to set the UNIX user identifier on credentials. More...
 
pid_t get_unix_pid () const
 Tries to get the UNIX process identifier from credentials. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Glib::Object
void* get_data (const QueryQuark& key)
 
void set_data (const Quark& key, void* data)
 
void set_data (const Quark& key, void* data, DestroyNotify notify)
 
void remove_data (const QueryQuark& quark)
 
void* steal_data (const QueryQuark& quark)
 
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void set_property_value (const Glib::ustring& property_name, const Glib::ValueBase& value)
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template<class PropertyType >
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void get_property (const Glib::ustring& property_name, PropertyType& value) const
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void connect_property_changed (const Glib::ustring& property_name, const sigc::slot< void >& slot)
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void freeze_notify ()
 Increases the freeze count on object. More...
 
void thaw_notify ()
 Reverts the effect of a previous call to freeze_notify(). More...
 
virtual void reference () const
 Increment the reference count for this object. More...
 
virtual void unreference () const
 Decrement the reference count for this object. More...
 
GObject* gobj ()
 Provides access to the underlying C GObject. More...
 
const GObject* gobj () const
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GObject* gobj_copy () const
 Give a ref-ed copy to someone. Use for direct struct access. More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

static GType get_type ()
 Get the GType for this class, for use with the underlying GObject type system. More...
 
static Glib::RefPtr< Credentialscreate ()
 

Protected Member Functions

 Credentials ()
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from Glib::Object
 Object ()
 
 Object (const Glib::ConstructParams& construct_params)
 
 Object (GObject* castitem)
 
virtual ~Object ()
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from Glib::ObjectBase
 ObjectBase ()
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virtual ~ObjectBase ()=0
 
void initialize (GObject* castitem)
 

Related Functions

(Note that these are not member functions.)

Glib::RefPtr< Gio::Credentialswrap (GCredentials* object, bool take_copy=false)
 A Glib::wrap() method for this object. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Types inherited from Glib::Object
typedef void(* DestroyNotify )(gpointer data)
 

Detailed Description

An object containing credentials.

The Credentials type is a reference-counted wrapper for native credentials. This information is typically used for identifying, authenticating and authorizing other processes.

Some operating systems supports looking up the credentials of the remote peer of a communication endpoint - see e.g. Gio::Socket::get_credentials().

Some operating systems supports securely sending and receiving credentials over a Unix Domain Socket, see UnixCredentialsMessage, Gio::UnixConnection::send_credentials() and Gio::UnixConnection::receive_credentials() for details.

On Linux, the native credential type is a struct ucred - see the unix(7) man page for details. This corresponds to Gio::CREDENTIALS_TYPE_LINUX_UCRED.

On FreeBSD, the native credential type is a struct cmsgcred. This corresponds to Gio::CREDENTIALS_TYPE_FREEBSD_CMSGCRED.

Since glibmm 2.28:

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual Gio::Credentials::~Credentials ( )
virtual
Gio::Credentials::Credentials ( )
protected

Member Function Documentation

static Glib::RefPtr<Credentials> Gio::Credentials::create ( )
static
gpointer Gio::Credentials::get_native ( CredentialsType  native_type)

Gets a pointer to native credentials of type native_type from credentials.

It is a programming error (which will cause an warning to be logged) to use this method if there is no Credentials support for the OS or if native_type isn't supported by the OS.

Since glibmm 2.26:
Parameters
native_typeThe type of native credentials to get.
Returns
The pointer to native credentials or 0 if the operation there is no Credentials support for the OS or if native_type isn't supported by the OS. Do not free the returned data, it is owned by credentials.
static GType Gio::Credentials::get_type ( )
static

Get the GType for this class, for use with the underlying GObject type system.

pid_t Gio::Credentials::get_unix_pid ( ) const

Tries to get the UNIX process identifier from credentials.

This method is only available on UNIX platforms.

This operation can fail if Credentials is not supported on the OS or if the native credentials type does not contain information about the UNIX process ID.

Since glibmm 2.36:
Returns
The UNIX process ID, or -1 if error is set.
uid_t Gio::Credentials::get_unix_user ( )

Tries to get the UNIX user identifier from credentials.

This method is only available on UNIX platforms.

This operation can fail if Credentials is not supported on the OS or if the native credentials type does not contain information about the UNIX user.

Since glibmm 2.26:
Returns
The UNIX user identifier or -1 if error is set.
GCredentials* Gio::Credentials::gobj ( )
inline

Provides access to the underlying C GObject.

const GCredentials* Gio::Credentials::gobj ( ) const
inline

Provides access to the underlying C GObject.

GCredentials* Gio::Credentials::gobj_copy ( )

Provides access to the underlying C instance. The caller is responsible for unrefing it. Use when directly setting fields in structs.

bool Gio::Credentials::is_same_user ( const Glib::RefPtr< const Credentials >&  other_credentials)

Checks if credentials and other_credentials is the same user.

This operation can fail if Credentials is not supported on the the OS.

Since glibmm 2.26:
Parameters
other_credentialsA Credentials.
Returns
true if credentials and other_credentials has the same user, false otherwise or if error is set.
void Gio::Credentials::set_native ( CredentialsType  native_type,
gpointer  native 
)

Copies the native credentials of type native_type from native into credentials.

It is a programming error (which will cause an warning to be logged) to use this method if there is no Credentials support for the OS or if native_type isn't supported by the OS.

Since glibmm 2.26:
Parameters
native_typeThe type of native credentials to set.
nativeA pointer to native credentials.
bool Gio::Credentials::set_unix_user ( uid_t  uid)

Tries to set the UNIX user identifier on credentials.

This method is only available on UNIX platforms.

This operation can fail if Credentials is not supported on the OS or if the native credentials type does not contain information about the UNIX user. It can also fail if the OS does not allow the use of "spoofed" credentials.

Since glibmm 2.26:
Parameters
uidThe UNIX user identifier to set.
Returns
true if uid was set, false if error is set.
Glib::ustring Gio::Credentials::to_string ( ) const

Creates a human-readable textual representation of credentials that can be used in logging and debug messages.

The format of the returned string may change in future GLib release.

Since glibmm 2.26:
Returns
A string that should be freed with Glib::free().

Friends And Related Function Documentation

Glib::RefPtr< Gio::Credentials > wrap ( GCredentials *  object,
bool  take_copy = false 
)
related

A Glib::wrap() method for this object.

Parameters
objectThe C instance.
take_copyFalse if the result should take ownership of the C instance. True if it should take a new copy or ref.
Returns
A C++ instance that wraps this C instance.