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man: update limits on seat and session identifiers in sd-login(3) 

For the session identifier, the code is currently slightly stricter, because it
only uses digits and letters, than the description. This should be OK.

Fixes #6745.
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Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 2017-09-17 20:05:57 +02:00
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<listitem><para>A seat consists of all hardware devices assigned to a specific
workplace. It consists of at least one graphics device, and usually also includes
keyboard, mouse. It can also include video cameras, sound cards and more. Seats
are identified by seat names, which are short strings (&lt;= 64 chars), that start
with the four characters <literal>seat</literal> followed by at least one more
are identified by seat names, which are strings (&lt;= 255 characters), that start
with the four characters <literal>seat</literal> followed by at least one
character from the range [a-zA-Z0-9], <literal>_</literal> and
<literal>-</literal>. They are suitable for inclusion in file names. Seat names
may or may not be stable and may be reused if a seat becomes available again.
<literal>-</literal>. They are suitable for use as file names. Seat names may or
may not be stable and may be reused if a seat becomes available again.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -140,10 +140,10 @@
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
ensures that audit sessions are identical to systemd sessions, and uses the audit
session ID as session ID in systemd (if auditing is enabled). The session
identifier too shall be considered a short string (&lt;= 64 chars) consisting only
of [a-zA-Z0-9], <literal>_</literal> and <literal>-</literal>, suitable for
inclusion in a file name. Session IDs are unique on the local machine and are
session ID as session ID in systemd (if auditing is enabled). In general the
session identifier is a short string consisting only of [a-zA-Z0-9],
<literal>_</literal> and <literal>-</literal>, suitable for use as a file name.
Session IDs are unique on the local machine and are
never reused as long as the machine is online. A user (the way we know it on UNIX)
corresponds to the person using a computer. A single user can have multiple
sessions open at the same time. A user is identified by a numeric user id (UID) or