GDBusServer: Document that a GDBusAuthObserver is usually desirable

Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
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Simon McVittie 2019-06-05 13:44:10 +01:00 committed by Philip Withnall
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*
* ## Controlling Authentication # {#auth-observer}
*
* For example, if you only want to allow D-Bus connections from
* processes owned by the same uid as the server, you would use a
* signal handler like the following:
* By default, a #GDBusServer or server-side #GDBusConnection will accept
* connections from any successfully authenticated user (but not from
* anonymous connections using the `ANONYMOUS` mechanism). If you only
* want to allow D-Bus connections from processes owned by the same uid
* as the server, you would use a signal handler like the following:
*
* |[<!-- language="C" -->
* static gboolean

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*
* An example of peer-to-peer communication with G-DBus can be found
* in [gdbus-example-peer.c](https://git.gnome.org/browse/glib/tree/gio/tests/gdbus-example-peer.c).
*
* Note that a minimal #GDBusServer will accept connections from any
* peer. In many use-cases it will be necessary to add a #GDBusAuthObserver
* that only accepts connections that have successfully authenticated
* as the same user that is running the #GDBusServer.
*/
/**
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* Once constructed, you can use g_dbus_server_get_client_address() to
* get a D-Bus address string that clients can use to connect.
*
* To have control over the available authentication mechanisms and
* the users that are authorized to connect, it is strongly recommended
* to provide a non-%NULL #GDBusAuthObserver.
*
* Connect to the #GDBusServer::new-connection signal to handle
* incoming connections.
*