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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man7/unix.7 b/man7/unix.7 index 4fbe28ae62..29a54958c5 100644 --- a/man7/unix.7 +++ b/man7/unix.7 @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ .\" address that can appear in the sockaddr_un structure: pathname, .\" unnamed, and abstract. .\" -.TH UNIX 7 2008-08-08 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH UNIX 7 2008-09-01 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME unix, AF_UNIX, AF_LOCAL \- Sockets for local interprocess communication @@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ This can be used for authentication. The credentials are passed as a .I struct ucred ancillary message. +Thus structure is defined in +.I <sys/socket.h> +as follows: .in +4n .nf @@ -222,6 +225,11 @@ struct ucred { .fi .in +Since glibc 2.8, the +.B __GNU_SOURCE +feature test macro must be defined in order to obtain the definition +of this structure. + The credentials which the sender specifies are checked by the kernel. A process with effective user ID 0 is allowed to specify values that do not match its own. |