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Retrieve PID from the packet in Unix domain socket – a complete use case for recvmsg()/sendmsg()

Posted on February 17, 2015 by daveti

The original question was how to retrieve the PID of the packet (sender) in the Unix domain socket. As titled, the answer is recvmsg()/sendmsg(). However, the most useful information I could find online is Michael’s man7.org. People keep talking about … Continue reading →

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