unix domain socket security and PID retrieval

[Heiko Wundram (Beenic)]

Am Dienstag, 5. Februar 2008 15:28:26 schrieb Zane C.B.:
> <snip>

And, on another note, you might be interested in

/usr/src/lib/libc/gen/getpeereid.c

which implements a function that (internally) uses a socket option (no need to 
mess with ancilliary messages) to retrieve the value you're looking for. 
getsockopt() is surely directly exposed in Perl.

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