NAME

Sun::Solaris::Ucred - Perl interface to User Credentials

SYNOPSIS

 use Sun::Solaris::Ucred qw(:ALL);

This module provides wrappers for the Ucred-related system and library calls.

Functions

ucred_get($pid)

This function returns the credential of the process specified by $pid, if the process exists and the calling process is permitted to obtain the credentials of that process.

getpeerucred($fd)

If $fd is a connected connection oriented TLI endpoint, a connected SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_SEQPKT socket, getpeerucred will return the user credential of the peer at the time the connection was established, if availble.

ucred_geteuid($ucred)

This function returns the effective uid of a user credential, if available.

ucred_getruid($ucred)

This function returns the real uid of a user credential, if available.

ucred_getsuid($ucred)

This function returns the saved uid of a user credential, if available.

ucred_getegid($ucred)

This function returns the effective group of a user credential, if available.

ucred_getrgid($ucred)

This function returns the real group of a user credential, if available.

ucred_getsgid($ucred)

This function returns the saved group of a user credential, if available.

ucred_getgroups($ucred)

This function returns the list of supplemental groups of a user credential, if available. An array of groups is returned in ARRAY context; the number of groups is returned in SCALAR context.

ucred_getprivset($ucred, $which)

This function returns the privilege set specified by $which of a user credential, if available.

ucred_getpflags($ucred, $flags)

This function returns the value of a specific process flag of a user credential, if available.

ucred_getpid($ucred)

This function returns the process id of a user credential, if available.

ucred_getzoneid($ucred)

This function returns the zone id of a user credential, if available.

Class methods

None.

Object methods

None.

Exports

By default nothing is exported from this module. The following tags can be used to selectively import constants and functions defined in this module:

 :SYSCALLS    ucred_get(), getpeerucred()

 :LIBCALLS    ucred_geteuid(), ucred_getruid(), ucred_getsuid(),
              ucred_getegid(), ucred_getrgid(), ucred_getsgid(),
              ucred_getgroups(), ucred_getprivset(), ucred_getpflags(),
              ucred_getpid(), ucred_getzone()

 :CONSTANTS

 :VARIABLES   %PRIVILEGES, %PRIVSETS

 :ALL         :SYSCALLS, :LIBCALLS, and :CONSTANTS

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

  ___________________________________________________________
 |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
 |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 | Availability                | CPAN (http://www.cpan.org)  |
 |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 | Interface Stability         | Evolving                    |
 |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO

getpeerucred(2), ucred_get(3C), attributes(5)

cpanm Sun::Solaris::Ucred

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Sun::Solaris::Ucred