Chris Adams writes:
Once upon a time, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam(a)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?
I certainly trust it. But just because I trust it, it doesn't mean that any
additional checks have no value.