Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!hsi!stevens
From: stevens@hsi.UUCP (Richard Stevens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How to transfer file descriptors with UNIX domain sockets?
Message-ID: <1752@hsi86.hsi.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jul 90 11:01:11 GMT
References: <1421@tub.UUCP> <10970@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1990Jul01.130157.3627@virtech.uucp>
Reply-To: stevens@hsi.com (Richard Stevens)
Organization: 3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, CT.
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In article <1990Jul01.130157.3627@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
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>The same capability exists in SVR3 streams although I'm not sure if it has
>equal functionality.

It provides the same functionality plus the SVR3 routines provide the
receiver with the effective UID and effective GID of the sender.

	Richard Stevens
	3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, CT
	   stevens@hsi.com