Accessing and Setting a Workstation Owner ID

The XTSOLgetWorkstationOwner() and XTSOLsetWorkstationOwner() routines are used to obtain and set the user ID of the owner of the workstation server.

The XTSOLsetWorkstationOwner() routine should only be used by the window manager.

Status XTSOLgetWorkstationOwner(Display *display, uid_t *uidp);

This routine obtains the user ID of the owner of the workstation server. See the XTSOLgetWorkstationOwner(3XTSOL) man page

Status XTSOLsetWorkstationOwner(Display *display, uid_t *uidp);

This routine sets the user ID of the owner of the workstation server. See the XTSOLsetWorkstationOwner(3XTSOL) man page.