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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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  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]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
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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