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Diffstat (limited to 'man7/unix.7')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man7/unix.7 b/man7/unix.7 index 1bc7804f0a..d9341a119f 100644 --- a/man7/unix.7 +++ b/man7/unix.7 @@ -280,10 +280,16 @@ by specifying as the socket family. .TP .B SO_PASSCRED -This socket option enables receipt -of the credentials of the sending process in an -.BR SCM_CREDENTIALS -ancillary message. +This socket option enables receipt of the credentials of +the sending process in an +.B SCM_CREDENTIALS ancillary +message in each subsequently message. +The returned credentials are those specified by the sender using +.BR SCM_CREDENTIALS , +or a default that includes the sender's PID, real user ID, and real group ID, +if the sender did not specify +.B SCM_CREDENTIALS +ancillary data. .IP When this option is set and the socket is not yet connected, a unique name in the abstract namespace will be generated automatically. |