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_is_locked` ()
	`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
`is-locked`	`bool`	r	`True` if the user is currently locked
`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_is_locked()¶

Returns:: True if the user is locked
Return type:: bool

Get if the user is locked.

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.is_locked¶

Name:: is-locked
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE

True if the user is currently locked

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