Re: getpeereid() for Linux

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
5 Sep 2001 13:26:09 -0700

Followup to: <tgd755vdl9.fsf@mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de>
By author: Florian Weimer <Florian.Weimer@RUS.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I need the credentials only for local connections, though. This is
> technically possible. A userspace implementation partially cloning
> ident seems to be a possible approach.
>

Since it will only work locally anyway, just use a Unix domain socket
-- that's what they're for.

-hpa

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