Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 14:31:19 -0600 From: "Zane C.B." <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: Fernando Schapachnik <fschapachnik@mecon.gov.ar> Cc: freebsd security <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: LOCAL_CREDS and unix domain sockets Message-ID: <20080205143119.067bd619@vixen42> In-Reply-To: <20080205152110.GE1123@bal740r0.mecon.gov.ar> References: <20080205083417.3f3a4a3b@vixen42> <20080205152110.GE1123@bal740r0.mecon.gov.ar>
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On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:21:10 -0200 Fernando Schapachnik <fschapachnik@mecon.gov.ar> wrote: > En un mensaje anterior, Zane C.B. escribió: > > With unix domain sockets, unix(4), are LOCAL_CREDS actually > > supported or not? > > > > I've been trying to fetch this from within a Perl script > > using 'my $local_creds=$some_connection->sockopt(LOCAL_CREDS)', > > but all I keep getting is a undefined variable in return, as if > > fetching it is not supported. > > Maybe LOCAL_CREDS is not defined. Maybe LOCAL_CREDS() (perl > notation for constants) works? Hmm, that turns out to be the point. I've checked and it is not in '/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/mach/Socket.pm'. I think my understanding if when I originally posted the email was wrong as well. I need to set the socket option LOCAL_CREDS and fetch them using recvmsg. Can some one please verify my understanding of this is right?
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