Re: Patch: use SCM_CREDS authentication over PF_LOCAL sockets

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: <wollman(at)LCS(dot)MIT(dot)EDU>, <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Patch: use SCM_CREDS authentication over PF_LOCAL sockets
Date: 2001-08-14 20:54:03
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0108142252440.677-100000@peter.localdomain
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Tom Lane 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?

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter

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