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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/getpeereid.2 | 28 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getpeereid.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getpeereid.2 index 3fc91e9841a..40402339abe 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/getpeereid.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/getpeereid.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: getpeereid.2,v 1.6 2003/11/27 14:31:24 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: getpeereid.2,v 1.7 2005/08/10 01:40:49 jaredy Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -40,34 +40,40 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION .Fn getpeereid returns the effective user ID and group ID of the peer connected to -a UNIX domain socket (see +a +.Ux +domain socket (see .Xr unix 4 ) . The argument .Fa s must be of type .Dv SOCK_STREAM . .Pp -One common use is for UNIX domain servers to determine the credentials +One common use is for +.Ux +domain servers to determine the credentials of clients that have connected to it. .Pp .Fn getpeereid takes three parameters: -.Pp +.Bl -bullet +.It .Fa s -Contains the file descriptor of the socket whose peer credentials +contains the file descriptor of the socket whose peer credentials should be looked up. -.Pp +.It .Fa euid -Points to a +points to a .Li uid_t variable into which the effective user ID for the connected peer will be stored. -.Pp +.It .Fa egid -Points to a +points to a .Li gid_t variable into which the effective group ID for the connected peer will be stored. +.El .Sh RETURN VALUES If the call succeeds, a 0 is returned and .Fa euid @@ -91,7 +97,9 @@ The argument .Fa s is a file, not a socket. .It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP -The socket is not in the UNIX domain. +The socket is not in the +.Ux +domain. .It Bq Er ENOTCONN The socket is not connected. .It Bq Er ENOBUFS |