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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getpeereid.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getpeereid.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7b20e55 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/gen/getpeereid.3 @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Dima Dorfman. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 15, 2001 +.Dt GETPEEREID 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm getpeereid +.Nd get the effective credentials of a UNIX-domain peer +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/types.h +.In unistd.h +.Ft int +.Fn getpeereid "int s" "uid_t *euid" "gid_t *egid" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn getpeereid +function returns the effective user and group IDs of the +peer connected to a +.Ux Ns -domain +socket. +The argument +.Fa s +must be a +.Ux Ns -domain +socket +.Pq Xr unix 4 +of type +.Dv SOCK_STREAM +on which either +.Xr connect 2 +or +.Xr listen 2 +have been called. +The effective used ID is placed in +.Fa euid , +and the effective group ID in +.Fa egid . +.Pp +The credentials returned to the +.Xr listen 2 +caller are those of its peer at the time it called +.Xr connect 2 ; +the credentials returned to the +.Xr connect 2 +caller are those of its peer at the time it called +.Xr listen 2 . +This mechanism is reliable; there is no way for either side to influence +the credentials returned to its peer except by calling the appropriate +system call (i.e., either +.Xr connect 2 +or +.Xr listen 2 ) +under different effective credentials. +.Pp +One common use of this routine is for a +.Ux Ns -domain +server +to verify the credentials of its client. +Likewise, the client can verify the credentials of the server. +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +On +.Fx , +.Fn getpeereid +is implemented in terms of the +.Dv LOCAL_PEERCRED +.Xr unix 4 +socket option. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Rv -std getpeereid +.Sh ERRORS +.Fn getpeereid +fails if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EBADF +The argument +.Fa s +is not a valid descriptor. +.It Bq Er ENOTSOCK +The argument +.Fa s +is a file, not a socket. +.It Bq Er ENOTCONN +The argument +.Fa s +does not refer to a socket on which +.Xr connect 2 +or +.Xr listen 2 +have been called. +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The argument +.Fa s +does not refer to a socket of type +.Dv SOCK_STREAM , +or the kernel returned invalid data. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr connect 2 , +.Xr getpeername 2 , +.Xr getsockname 2 , +.Xr getsockopt 2 , +.Xr listen 2 , +.Xr unix 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn getpeereid +function appeared in +.Fx 4.6 . |