Method
GioUnixConnectionsend_credentials
Declaration
gboolean
g_unix_connection_send_credentials (
GUnixConnection* connection,
GCancellable* cancellable,
GError** error
)
Description
Passes the credentials of the current user the receiving side
of the connection. The receiving end has to call
g_unix_connection_receive_credentials()
(or similar) to accept the credentials.
As well as sending the credentials this also writes a single NUL byte to the stream, as this is required for credentials passing to work on some implementations.
This method can be expected to be available on the following platforms:
- Linux since GLib 2.26
- FreeBSD since GLib 2.26
- GNU/kFreeBSD since GLib 2.36
- Solaris, Illumos and OpenSolaris since GLib 2.40
- GNU/Hurd since GLib 2.40
Other ways to exchange credentials with a foreign peer includes the
GUnixCredentialsMessage
type and g_socket_get_credentials()
function.
Available since: | 2.26 |
Parameters
cancellable |
GCancellable |
A |
|
The argument can be NULL . | |
The data is owned by the caller of the function. | |
error |
GError ** |
The return location for a GError* , or NULL . |