Hello,

I am thinking switching an application from BSD sockets to Unix sockets beca
use of their ability to authenticate (see SCM_CREDENTIALS) the user/process 
at the other end.

The VERSION section of the man 7 unix page on Linux is a bit worrysome - it 
mentions portability problems. If anyone has insights and examples I would a
ppreciate, as I have zero experience with.

Regards.

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In article <94LYb.60705$2g.39089@charlie.risq.qc.ca>, passolo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am thinking switching an application from BSD sockets to
>Unix sockets because of their ability to authenticate (see SCM_CREDENTIALS)
>the user/process at the other end.
>
> The VERSION section of the man 7 unix page on Linux is a bit worrysome -
>it mentions portability problems.
>If anyone has insights and examples I would appreciate, as I have zero expe
rience
>with.
Just fyi, I found no feature similar to this on NetBSD..

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passolo <passolo@polymtl.ca> writes:

>Hello,

>I am thinking switching an application from BSD sockets to Unix sockets because of 
their ability to authenticate (see SCM_CREDENTIALS) the user/process at the other en
d.

>The VERSION section of the man 7 unix page on Linux is a bit worrysome - it mention
s portability problems. If anyone has insights and examples I would appreciate, as I
 have zero experience with.


FYI, There is a feature similar to this available
in Solaris Express http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/solaris-express/
(As documented in socket.h(3HEAD) and getpeerucred(3C); unfortunately,
at this time the only way to read the documentation is to
download the  the whole SOlaris Express release)


Casper
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be fiction rather than truth.

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Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@sun.com> wrote:
>
> FYI, There is a feature similar to this available
> in Solaris Express http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/solaris-express/
> (As documented in socket.h(3HEAD) and getpeerucred(3C); unfortunately,
> at this time the only way to read the documentation is to
> download the  the whole SOlaris Express release)
>

Thanks!

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>>> Nils O. Sel?sdal wrote:
 
BSD sockets is interface, Unix sockets is namespace.
You can't switch from first one to second one.
 
NOSs> Just fyi, I found no feature similar to this on NetBSD..

As BSD successor it has this feature by definition. Seek again.


-netch-

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