Re: Patch: use SCM_CREDS authentication over PF_LOCAL sockets

> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> >> BTW, current sources already contain support for using
> >> getsockopt(SO_PEERCRED) where available --- AFAIK that's only Linux,
> >> but perhaps that's all you need.
>
> > Is this feature any different from the fake local ident we've put it?
>
> Yes.  Wollman's code uses an SCM_CREDS message, which means (a) it will
> work on Solaris and one or two other Unixen, not only Linux; but (b)
> it requires client-side code additions, not only server-side code.

BSD/OS supports it, and I assume FreeBSD too.
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