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Date:      Sun, 08 Jul 2001 11:26:30 +0100
From:      David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
To:        Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Peer credentials on a Unix domain socket 
Message-ID:   <200107081126.aa31994@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 08 Jul 2001 01:31:05 PDT." <20010708083106.07E883E28@bazooka.unixfreak.org> 

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> So, I think the best course of action is to (1) extend my
> implementation to work for the connect(2) caller as well (i.e., allow
> the client to verify the server's credentials), (2) implement
> getpeereid, and (3) add the LOCAL_CREDS option (note that NetBSD has
> this, too).  I'll do (1) and (2) in a day or so; would you like to do
> (3), or shall I?

I'll have a go at 3 - it probably fits into the stuff I've been
working on more obviously.

> As an aside, any ETA on those af_unix fixes you mentioned?

Hopefully I'll have something by the end of the day. I have some
corrections to do on a paper and I plan on working on it once I've
finished those.

	David.

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