Tag Archives: selinux

Linux kernel hacking – support SO_PEERCRED for local TCP socket connections

Posted on October 6, 2015 by daveti

In my old post (https://davejingtian.org/2015/02/17/retrieve-pid-from-the-packet-in-unix-domain-socket-a-complete-use-case-for-recvmsgsendmsg/), we talked about how to retrieve the peer PID from Unix domain socket using struct ucred. A more smart way to do this is using getsockopt() syscall with option SO_PEERCRED directly. As you expected (or … Continue reading →

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Fedora 21 Workstation – some post installation issues after fedup from 20

Posted on December 22, 2014 by daveti

Believe or not, Fedora’s release upgrade is always troublesome, partially because of the package management imposed, which is initially designed to ease the update for binaries. After the painful experience from Fedora 19 to 20, I have just gone thru … Continue reading →

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Fedora 20 – some post installation issues may bother

Posted on February 6, 2014 by daveti

Even though Fedora wiki has posted some common issues after the system is upgraded into Fedora 20, interestingly, none of them applies the issues I have encountered:( Anyway, this post is for guys who may have a little bit chance … Continue reading →

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