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This file provides various types of users that can be created by the user management framework.
typedef enum {
GUM_USERTYPE_NONE = 0,
GUM_USERTYPE_SYSTEM = 1,
GUM_USERTYPE_ADMIN = 2,
GUM_USERTYPE_GUEST = 3,
GUM_USERTYPE_NORMAL = 4
} GumUserType;
This enumeration lists users types.
| user type not defined/set | |
| no home directory will be created for system user. System user is not able to use login/logout functionality as its primary usage is limited to system daemons. Uid will be chosen between GUM_CONFIG_GENERAL_SYS_UID_MIN and GUM_CONFIG_GENERAL_SYS_UID_MAX | |
| admin user is similar to normal user with the addition that it will be assigned to admin user groups at the time of account creation. Uid will be chosen between GUM_CONFIG_GENERAL_UID_MIN and GUM_CONFIG_GENERAL_UID_MAX | |
| guest user does not need secret/password to login. Guest user home directory is created with login and cleaned up/destroyed when user logs out. Uid will be chosen between GUM_CONFIG_GENERAL_UID_MIN and GUM_CONFIG_GENERAL_UID_MAX | |
| normal user with home directory created based on prefix GUM_CONFIG_GENERAL_HOME_DIR_PREF. Contents of GUM_CONFIG_GENERAL_SKEL_DIR are copied to the home directory. Uid will be chosen between GUM_CONFIG_GENERAL_UID_MIN and GUM_CONFIG_GENERAL_UID_MAX |