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diff --git a/man/sd_bus_message_sensitive.xml b/man/sd_bus_message_sensitive.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f953965 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/sd_bus_message_sensitive.xml @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> +<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later --> + +<refentry id="sd_bus_message_sensitive" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> + + <refentryinfo> + <title>sd_bus_message_sensitive</title> + <productname>systemd</productname> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_sensitive</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>3</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>sd_bus_message_sensitive</refname> + + <refpurpose>Mark a message object as containing sensitive data</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <funcsynopsis> + <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-bus.h></funcsynopsisinfo> + + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_message_sensitive</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>sd_bus_message *<parameter>message</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + </funcsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para><function>sd_bus_message_sensitive()</function> marks an allocated bus message as containing + sensitive data. This ensures that the message data is carefully removed from memory (specifically, + overwritten with zero bytes) when released. It is recommended to mark all incoming and outgoing messages + like this that contain security credentials and similar data that should be dealt with carefully. Note + that it is not possible to unmark messages like this, it's a one way operation. If a message is already + marked sensitive and then marked sensitive a second time the message remains marked so and no further + operation is executed.</para> + + <para>As a safety precaution all messages that are created as reply to messages that are marked sensitive + are also implicitly marked so.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Return Value</title> + + <para>On success, this functions return 0 or a positive integer. On failure, it returns a + negative errno-style error code.</para> + + <refsect2> + <title>Errors</title> + + <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term> + + <listitem><para>The <parameter>message</parameter> parameter is + <constant>NULL</constant>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + </refsect2> + </refsect1> + + <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" /> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_new_method_call</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> + +</refentry> |