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systemd UserDatabase API

The UserDatabase API from systemd — 3 operation(s) for userdatabase.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: systemd-hostnamed (org.freedesktop.hostname1) Boot UserDatabase API
  version: '1.0'
  summary: D-Bus API of systemd-hostnamed modeled as REST operations.
  description: 'Documentation/contract artifact for the `org.freedesktop.hostname1` D-Bus interface on the

    system bus. Manages the system hostname (static, transient, pretty), chassis type, deployment,

    location, icon name, and other machine info.

    '
  license:
    name: LGPL-2.1-or-later
    url: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/LICENSES/LGPL-2.1-or-later.txt
servers:
- url: dbus://system/org.freedesktop.hostname1
tags:
- name: UserDatabase
paths:
  /io.systemd.UserDatabase/GetUserRecord:
    post:
      tags:
      - UserDatabase
      operationId: UserDatabaseGetUserRecord
      summary: Look Up A User Record
      description: Calls `io.systemd.UserDatabase.GetUserRecord`. NSS-replacement lookup, returns a JSON User Record per the systemd UserRecord spec.
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                userName:
                  type: string
                uid:
                  type: integer
                service:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: JSON User Record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  record:
                    type: object
                    additionalProperties: true
                  incomplete:
                    type: boolean
  /io.systemd.UserDatabase/GetGroupRecord:
    post:
      tags:
      - UserDatabase
      operationId: UserDatabaseGetGroupRecord
      summary: Look Up A Group Record
      description: Calls `io.systemd.UserDatabase.GetGroupRecord`.
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                groupName:
                  type: string
                gid:
                  type: integer
                service:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: JSON Group Record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
  /io.systemd.UserDatabase/GetMemberships:
    post:
      tags:
      - UserDatabase
      operationId: UserDatabaseGetMemberships
      summary: Look Up Group Memberships
      description: Calls `io.systemd.UserDatabase.GetMemberships`.
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                userName:
                  type: string
                groupName:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Memberships.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    userName:
                      type: string
                    groupName:
                      type: string