Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: >That's not true for Linux 2.[24].x at least. One can use >getsockopt(..., SO_PEERCRED, ...) to get the uid of the other end. > >It would be nice if you could request that as an upstream feature. The upstream developers are not friendly to non-portable features; I might be able to get it added under a config option.
(portable means BSD Linux AIX HP-UX VAX Solaris Windows ...) -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47 GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it. But whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it." Luke 9:24