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From: hessmann@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de (Georg Hessmann)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: socket -> UID
Message-ID: <832@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de>
Date: 13 Jan 90 16:50:18 GMT
Reply-To: hessmann@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de (Georg Hessmann)
Organization: University of Passau, W-Germany
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Two processes communicate with the help of a socket. 
(Socket has the type PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM)
The first process runs as a background demon (using inetd) and waits
for incoming messages from the second process.

Problem:
How can the first process obtain the UID and GID of the second process 
right from the socket without any extra message from the second process.

We want to disable/enable services of process one for certain 
UID's and GID's without changing the source code of the second process.

Thanks, Georg.
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