Struct Identity

pub struct Identity(/* private fields */);

The identity for running a transient service on the system service manager.

Implementations

impl Identity

pub fn user_group<U: AsRef<str>, G: AsRef<str>>(u: U, g: G) -> Self

Run the transient service as the the UNIX user x and group y for UserGroup(x, y).

You need to be the root user to start a transient service with this. Read User= and Group= in systemd.exec(5) for details.

pub fn dynamic() -> Self

Run the transient service as a UNIX user and group pair dynamically allocated.

This is unavailable if the feature systemd_231 is disabled.

You need to be the root user to start a transient service with this. Read DynamicUser= in systemd.exec(5) for details.

pub fn user<T: AsRef<str>>(u: T) -> Self

Shorthand for Self::user_group(u, u).

pub fn root() -> Self

Shorthand for Self::user("root").