Re: Unix sockets connection authentication - patch

Bruce Momjian wrote: >> The attached patch implements a method of connection authentication for >> Unix sockets that
supportSCM_CREDENTIALS.  This includes Linux kernels >> 2.2 and 2.4 at least; I don't know what other implementations
support>> it. > >Are SCM_CREDENTIALS supported by some standard?
 

I don't know if there is a standard.  I've done a search on Google - it
seems to have been invented by Sun and implemented in newer BSD as well
as Linux.

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