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Subject: Re: unix socket hang when connect
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On Apr  7 12:35, Christian Franke via Cygwin wrote:
> Yuyi Wang via Cygwin wrote:
> > Thank you Christian, setting SO_PEERCRED on the client socket works. It's a
> > little wierd, though. Is it OK to always set it to NULL on a unix socket?
> 
> No, this is a Cygwin extension, originally added for postfix.

Background is the default mechanism to exchange credentials and a
security hash, so we know we talk to the right peer.

Setting SO_PEERCRED switches that off.


Corinna

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