oddjob\_request(1) General Commands Manual oddjob\_request(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

oddjob\_request - send requests to oddjobd from the command line

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

oddjob\_request \[-t timeout] \[-s service] \[-o object] \[-i interface] \[-S] \[ \[request \[arg1 ...]] | -I ]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The *oddjob\_request* application is a simple *oddjob* client application which can be used to invoke a particular method provided by the *oddjobd* server.

If no request is given as a command-line argument, *oddjob\_request* will attempt to invoke the *list* method, which should list all methods for which the invoking user is authorized.

# [ARGUMENTS](#ARGUMENTS)

[**-S**](#S)

Connect to the session bus instead of the system bus. This option is primarily intended for use in testing. *com.redhat.oddjob*.

[**-s** service](#s)

The object is provided by the named service instead of *com.redhat.oddjob*.

[**-o** object](#o)

Invoke a method on the named object instead of */com/redhat/oddjob*.

[**-i** interface](#i)

The method is part of the named interface instead of *com.redhat.oddjob*.

[**-I**](#I)

Default to the method and interface names used for D-Bus introspection (*Introspect* and *org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable*,

[**-t** timeout](#t)

Wait at most *timeout* seconds for a response. The default is set by the D-Bus implementation, but is typically 25 seconds.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**oddjob.conf**(5)](/man/enterprise-packages/oddjob/oddjob.conf.5) [**oddjobd.conf**(5)](/man/enterprise-packages/oddjob/oddjobd.conf.5) [**oddjobd**(8)](/man/enterprise-packages/oddjob/oddjobd.8)

8 April 2014 oddjob Manual

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Document: oddjob_request(1) from oddjob 0.34.7-r3 (Chainguard OS)
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