prelink should not mess with running executables

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Tue Jul 17 14:02:16 UTC 2012


Once upon a time, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam at courier-mta.com> said:
> Well, SCM_RIGHTS/SCM_CREDENTIALS is how you get the peer's pid in the first 
> place.
> 
> This would be an additional check, on top of that.

Is there any value in this "additional check" (that nobody else
apparently does)?  Do you not trust the kernel's credential handling?
-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.


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