On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 02:19:26PM +0200, Jan Danielsson wrote: > Hello, > > A while back I read that unix domain sockets originally didn't care > about permissions; or rather, they had permissions, but the OS didn't > validate them when applications attempted to use socket. But the other > day I read a somewhat recent blog which stated that this is not true for > Linux, but it is true "for BSD" -- and the phrasing could be interpreted > as meaning "still to this day". > > I have serious doubts, but currently do not have a NetBSD system to > test this on. > > Permissions are checked for unix domain sockets on ~recent NetBSD, right?
AFAIK yes, they do -- Manuel Bouyer <[email protected]> NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference --
