Messages in this thread |  | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: getpeereid() for Linux | Date | 5 Sep 2001 13:26:09 -0700 |
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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.
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