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NAME

       malcontent-client - Parental Controls Access Utility

SYNOPSIS

       malcontent-client get-app-filter [-q] [-n] [USER]

       malcontent-client check-app-filter [-q] [-n] [USER] ARG

       malcontent-client set-app-filter [-q] [-n] [USER] ARG

       malcontent-client oars-section [-q] [-n] [USER] SECTION

       malcontent-client get-session-limits [-q] [-n] [USER]

       malcontent-client monitor [-q] [USER]

DESCRIPTION

       malcontent-client  is  a  utility for querying and updating the parental controls settings
       for users on the system. It will typically require administrator  access  to  do  anything
       more than query the current user’s parental controls.

       It communicates with accounts-service, which stores parental controls data.

       Its first argument is a command to run. The supported commands are documented below.

       The  command  line  API  and  output  format  are  unstable and likely to change in future
       versions of malcontent-client.

get-app-filter OPTIONS

       Get the app filter for a user. For example:
              # malcontent-client get-app-filter timmy

       USER   Username or ID of the user to get the app filter for. If not specified, the current
              user will be used by default.

       -q, --quiet
              Only  output  error  messages,  and  no  informational  messages,  as the operation
              progresses. (Default: Output informational messages.)

       -n, --no-interactive
              Do not allow interactive authorization with polkit. If this is needed  to  complete
              the operation, the operation will fail. (Default: Allow interactive authorization.)

check-app-filter OPTIONS

       Check  if  a given program, content type or flatpak ref is permitted to be used by a user,
       according to their current app filter. For example:
              # malcontent-client check-app-filter timmy $(which gnome-calculator)

              # malcontent-client check-app-filter timmy x-scheme-handler/http

              # malcontent-client check-app-filter timmy
              app/com.realm667.WolfenDoom_Blade_of_Agony/x86_64/stable

       USER   Username or ID of the user to get the app filter for. If not specified, the current
              user will be used by default.

       ARG    Path to a program, content type or flatpak ref to check against the app filter,  to
              see if it is allowed for the specified user.

       -q, --quiet
              Only  output  error  messages,  and  no  informational  messages,  as the operation
              progresses. (Default: Output informational messages.)

       -n, --no-interactive
              Do not allow interactive authorization with polkit. If this is needed  to  complete
              the operation, the operation will fail. (Default: Allow interactive authorization.)

set-app-filter OPTIONS

       Set the app filter for a user, replacing all previous values in it. For example:
              # malcontent-client set-app-filter timmy \
                    --disallow-user-installation \
                    $(which gnome-calculator) \
                    x-scheme-handler/http \
                    app/com.realm667.WolfenDoom_Blade_of_Agony/x86_64/stable

       USER   Username or ID of the user to set the app filter for. If not specified, the current
              user will be used by default.

       ARG    Item to filter in the user’s app filter. This could either be an absolute  path  or
              flatpak  ref  of  a program to block; a content type to block all programs handling
              that type; or an OARS section=value pair to block installation of apps with a  more
              extreme  rating  for  that  OARS section. Multiple items may be specified, and they
              will replace the  user’s  current  app  filter  in  entirety.  If  zero  items  are
              specified, the app filter is cleared.

       --allow-user-installation
              Allow the user to install flatpaks to their user repository.

       --disallow-user-installation
              Disallow the user from installing flatpaks to their user repository.

       --allow-system-installation
              Allow the user to install flatpaks to the system repository.

       --disallow-system-installation
              Disallow the user from installing flatpaks to the system repository.

       -q, --quiet
              Only  output  error  messages,  and  no  informational  messages,  as the operation
              progresses. (Default: Output informational messages.)

       -n, --no-interactive
              Do not allow interactive authorization with polkit. If this is needed  to  complete
              the operation, the operation will fail. (Default: Allow interactive authorization.)

oars-section OPTIONS

       Get  the  value set for a specific OARS section from the app filter of the given user. For
       example:
              # malcontent-client oars-section timmy language-profanity

       USER   Username or ID of the user to get the  OARS  filter  for.  If  not  specified,  the
              current user will be used by default.

       SECTION
              OARS  section  to  get  the  restriction level of the given user for.  For example,
              language-profanity.

       -q, --quiet
              Only output error  messages,  and  no  informational  messages,  as  the  operation
              progresses. (Default: Output informational messages.)

       -n, --no-interactive
              Do  not  allow interactive authorization with polkit. If this is needed to complete
              the operation, the operation will fail. (Default: Allow interactive authorization.)

get-session-limits OPTIONS

       Get the session limits set for a user. For example:
              # malcontent-client get-session-limits timmy

       USER   Username or ID of the user to get the session limits for.  If  not  specified,  the
              current user will be used by default.

       -q, --quiet
              Only  output  error  messages,  and  no  informational  messages,  as the operation
              progresses. (Default: Output informational messages.)

       -n, --no-interactive
              Do not allow interactive authorization with polkit. If this is needed  to  complete
              the operation, the operation will fail. (Default: Allow interactive authorization.)

       --now yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ
              Check  session  limits  (in  particular,  session  expiry  time)  against the given
              date/time, provided in ISO 8601 format. (Default: Current date/time.)

monitor OPTIONS

       Monitor changes to the parental controls settings for a specific user. For example:
              # malcontent-client monitor timmy

       USER   Username or ID of the user to monitor the parental controls for. If not  specified,
              the current user will be used by default.

       -q, --quiet
              Only  output  error  messages,  and  no  informational  messages,  as the operation
              progresses. (Default: Output informational messages.)

ENVIRONMENT

       malcontent-client supports the standard GLib environment variables  for  debugging.  These
       variables are not intended to be used in production:

       $G_MESSAGES_DEBUG
           This  variable can contain one or more debug domain names to display debug output for.
           The value all will enable all debug output. The default is for no debug output  to  be
           enabled.

EXIT STATUS

       malcontent-client may return one of several error codes if it encounters problems.

       0   No  problems  occurred.  The  utility ran and successfully queried the app filter.  If
           running the check-app-filter command, the given path, content type or flatpak ref  was
           allowed for the given user.

       1   An invalid option was passed to malcontent-client on startup.

       2   The current user was not authorized to query the app filter for the given user.

       3   If  running  the check-app-filter command, the given path, content type or flatpak ref
           was not allowed for the given user.

       4   Malcontent is disabled at the system  level,  and  hence  parental  controls  are  not
           enabled or enforced.

       5   An operation failed and no more specific error information is available.

BUGS

       Any bugs which are found should be reported on the project website:
       https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pwithnall/malcontent/-/issues

AUTHOR

       Endless Mobile, Inc.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2018 Endless Mobile, Inc.