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index 61c972008..90404d2f2 100644
--- a/man/sd_bus_negotiate_fds.xml
+++ b/man/sd_bus_negotiate_fds.xml
@@ -3,29 +3,29 @@
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
<!--
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+ This file is part of elogind.
Copyright 2014 Lennart Poettering
- systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ elogind is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+ along with elogind; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-->
<refentry id="sd_bus_negotiate_fds">
<refentryinfo>
<title>sd_bus_negotiate_fds</title>
- <productname>systemd</productname>
+ <productname>elogind</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
- <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-bus.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
+ <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;elogind/sd-bus.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_negotiate_fds</function></funcdef>
@@ -99,27 +99,41 @@
setting as negotiated by the program ultimately activated. By
default, file descriptor passing is enabled for both.</para>
- <para><function>sd_bus_negotiate_timestamp()</function> controls whether implicit sender
- timestamps shall be attached automatically to all incoming messages. Takes a bus object and a
- boolean, which, when true, enables timestamping, and, when false, disables it. Use
+ <para><function>sd_bus_negotiate_timestamps()</function> controls
+ whether implicit sender timestamps shall be attached automatically
+ to all incoming messages. Takes a bus object and a boolean, which,
+ when true, enables timestamping, and, when false, disables it.
+ Use
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_get_monotonic_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_get_realtime_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_get_seqnum</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- to query the timestamps of incoming messages. If negotiation is disabled or not supported, these
- calls will fail with <constant>-ENODATA</constant>. Note that currently no transports support
- timestamping of messages. By default, message timestamping is not negotiated for
+ to query the timestamps of incoming messages. If negotiation is
+ disabled or not supported, these calls will fail with
+ <constant>-ENODATA</constant>. Note that not all transports
+ support timestamping of messages. Specifically, timestamping is
+ only available on the kdbus transport, but not on dbus1. The
+ timestamping is applied by the kernel and cannot be manipulated by
+ userspace. By default, message timestamping is not negotiated for
connections.</para>
- <para><function>sd_bus_negotiate_creds()</function> controls whether and which implicit sender
- credentials shall be attached automatically to all incoming messages. Takes a bus object and a
- boolean indicating whether to enable or disable the credential parts encoded in the bit mask
- value argument. Note that not all transports support attaching sender credentials to messages,
- or do not support all types of sender credential parameters, or might suppress them under
- certain circumstances for individual messages. Specifically, dbus1 only supports
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UNIQUE_NAME</constant>. The sender credentials are suitable for
- authorization decisions. By default, only <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_WELL_KNOWN_NAMES</constant> and
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UNIQUE_NAME</constant> are enabled. In fact, these two credential fields
- are always sent along and cannot be turned off.</para>
+ <para><function>sd_bus_negotiate_creds()</function> controls
+ whether and which implicit sender credentials shall be attached
+ automatically to all incoming messages. Takes a bus object and a
+ boolean indicating whether to enable or disable the credential
+ parts encoded in the bit mask value argument. Note that not all
+ transports support attaching sender credentials to messages, or do
+ not support all types of sender credential parameters, or might
+ suppress them under certain circumstances for individual
+ messages. Specifically, implicit sender credentials on messages
+ are only fully supported on kdbus transports, and dbus1 only
+ supports <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UNIQUE_NAME</constant>. The sender
+ credentials are attached by the kernel and cannot be manipulated
+ by userspace, and are thus suitable for authorization
+ decisions. By default, only
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_WELL_KNOWN_NAMES</constant> and
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UNIQUE_NAME</constant> are enabled. In
+ fact, these two credential fields are always sent along and cannot
+ be turned off.</para>
<para>The <function>sd_bus_negotiate_fds()</function> function may
be called only before the connection has been started with
@@ -171,7 +185,7 @@
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>elogind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_start</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_can_send</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
@@ -179,7 +193,7 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_get_realtime_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_get_seqnum</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_get_creds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.busname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>elogind.busname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>