LightDM.User¶

Subclasses:	None

Methods¶

Inherited:	GObject.Object (37)
Structs:	GObject.ObjectClass (5)

	`get_background` ()
	`get_display_name` ()
	`get_has_messages` ()
	`get_home_directory` ()
	`get_image` ()
	`get_language` ()
	`get_layout` ()
	`get_layouts` ()
	`get_logged_in` ()
	`get_name` ()
	`get_real_name` ()
	`get_session` ()
	`get_uid` ()

Virtual Methods¶

Inherited:	GObject.Object (7)

do_changed ()

Properties¶

Name	Type	Flags	Short Description
`background`	`str`	r	User background
`display-name`	`str`	r	Users display name
`has-messages`	`bool`	r	`True` if the user is has waiting messages
`home-directory`	`str`	r	Home directory
`image`	`str`	r	Avatar image
`language`	`str`	r	Language used by this user
`layout`	`str`	r	Keyboard layout used by this user
`layouts`	[`str`]	r	Keyboard layouts used by this user
`logged-in`	`bool`	r	`True` if the user is currently in a session
`name`	`str`	r	Username
`real-name`	`str`	r	Users real name
`session`	`str`	r	Session used by this user
`uid`	`int`	r	User UID

Signals¶

Inherited:	GObject.Object (1)

Name	Short Description
`changed`	The `::changed` signal gets emitted this user account is modified.

Fields¶

Inherited:	GObject.Object (1)

Name	Type	Access	Description
parent_instance	`GObject.Object`	r

Class Details¶

class LightDM.User(**kwargs)¶

Bases:	`GObject.Object`
Abstract:	No
Structure:	`LightDM.UserClass`

LightDM.User is an opaque data structure and can only be accessed using the provided functions.

get_background()¶

Returns:	The background file path for the given user or `None` if no path
Return type:	`str` or `None`

Get the background file path for a user.

get_display_name()¶

Returns:	The display name of the given user
Return type:	`str`

Get the display name of a user.

get_has_messages()¶

Returns:	`True` if the user has waiting messages.
Return type:	`bool`

Check if a user has waiting messages.

get_home_directory()¶

Returns:	The users home directory
Return type:	`str`

Get the home directory for a user.

get_image()¶

Returns:	The image URI for the given user or `None` if no URI
Return type:	`str` or `None`

Get the image URI for a user.

get_language()¶

Returns:	The language in the form of a local specification (e.g. “de_DE.UTF-8”) for the given user or `None` if using the system default locale.
Return type:	`str` or `None`

Get the language for a user.

get_layout()¶

Returns:	The keyboard layout for the given user or `None` if using system defaults. Copy the value if you want to use it long term.
Return type:	`str` or `None`

Get the keyboard layout for a user.

get_layouts()¶

Returns:	A `None`-terminated array of keyboard layouts for the given user. Copy the values if you want to use them long term.
Return type:	[`str`]

Get the configured keyboard layouts for a user.

get_logged_in()¶

Returns:	`True` if the user is currently logged in.
Return type:	`bool`

Check if a user is logged in.

get_name()¶

Returns:	The name of the given user
Return type:	`str`

Get the name of a user.

get_real_name()¶

Returns:	The real name of the given user
Return type:	`str`

Get the real name of a user.

get_session()¶

Returns:	The session for the given user or `None` if using system defaults.
Return type:	`str` or `None`

Get the session for a user.

get_uid()¶

Returns:	The uid of the given user
Return type:	`int`

Get the uid of a user.

do_changed() virtual¶

Signal Details¶

LightDM.User.signals.changed(user)¶

Signal Name:	`changed`
Flags:	`RUN_LAST`
Parameters:	user (`LightDM.User`) – The object which received the signal

The ::changed signal gets emitted this user account is modified.

Property Details¶

LightDM.User.props.background¶

Name:	`background`
Type:	`str`
Default Value:	`None`
Flags:	`READABLE`

User background

LightDM.User.props.display_name¶

Name:	`display-name`
Type:	`str`
Default Value:	`None`
Flags:	`READABLE`

Users display name

LightDM.User.props.has_messages¶

Name:	`has-messages`
Type:	`bool`
Default Value:	`False`
Flags:	`READABLE`

True if the user is has waiting messages

LightDM.User.props.home_directory¶

Name:	`home-directory`
Type:	`str`
Default Value:	`None`
Flags:	`READABLE`

Home directory

LightDM.User.props.image¶

Name:	`image`
Type:	`str`
Default Value:	`None`
Flags:	`READABLE`

Avatar image

LightDM.User.props.language¶

Name:	`language`
Type:	`str`
Default Value:	`None`
Flags:	`READABLE`

Language used by this user

LightDM.User.props.layout¶

Name:	`layout`
Type:	`str`
Default Value:	`None`
Flags:	`READABLE`

Keyboard layout used by this user

LightDM.User.props.layouts¶

Name:	`layouts`
Type:	[`str`]
Default Value:	`[]`
Flags:	`READABLE`

Keyboard layouts used by this user

LightDM.User.props.logged_in¶

Name:	`logged-in`
Type:	`bool`
Default Value:	`False`
Flags:	`READABLE`

True if the user is currently in a session

LightDM.User.props.name¶

Name:	`name`
Type:	`str`
Default Value:	`None`
Flags:	`READABLE`

Username

LightDM.User.props.real_name¶

Name:	`real-name`
Type:	`str`
Default Value:	`None`
Flags:	`READABLE`

Users real name

LightDM.User.props.session¶

Name:	`session`
Type:	`str`
Default Value:	`None`
Flags:	`READABLE`

Session used by this user

LightDM.User.props.uid¶

Name:	`uid`
Type:	`int`
Default Value:	`0`
Flags:	`READABLE`

User UID