Re: attributes on the other end of a network connection

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Kodungallur Varma wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a basic client and a server program. my server has the
> capability to setcon() to a new domain, the client domain precisely.
> my server needs to find the domain and user name of the client user(my
> client tries to get a tcp connection first). I heard there is a
> function which gives the context and attributes of the other end,
> given the attributes got at the servers end and vice-versa.

The function you're looking for is getpeercon(3), which only currently works on Unix sockets.

• James -- James Morris <jmorris@redhat.com>

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