From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: getpeereid() for Linux
Date: 5 Sep 2001 13:26:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9n61p1$k5e$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200109051551.KAA48912@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil> <tgd755vdl9.fsf@mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de>
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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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-05 20:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-05 15:51 getpeereid() for Linux Jesse Pollard
2001-09-05 15:53 ` Florian Weimer
2001-09-05 20:26 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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2001-09-05 16:19 Jesse Pollard
2001-09-05 16:36 ` Florian Weimer
[not found] <tgsne23sou.fsf@mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2001-09-05 9:52 ` Andi Kleen
2001-09-05 10:05 ` Florian Weimer
2001-09-05 10:48 ` Andi Kleen
2001-09-05 10:56 ` Florian Weimer
2001-09-05 9:14 Florian Weimer
2001-09-05 13:38 ` Michael Bacarella
2001-09-05 14:35 ` Florian Weimer
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