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GETPEEREID(3) Library Functions Manual GETPEEREID(3)

getpeereidget effective user and group identification of locally-connected peer

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>

int
getpeereid(int s, uid_t *euid, gid_t *egid);

() returns the effective user ID and group ID of the peer connected to a UNIX-domain socket (see unix(4)). The argument s must be of type SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_SEQPACKET.

One common use is for UNIX-domain servers to determine the credentials of clients that have connected to it.

() takes three parameters:

If the call succeeds, a 0 is returned and euid and egid are set to the effective user ID and group ID of the connected peer. Otherwise, errno is set and a value of -1 is returned.

On failure, errno is set to one of the following:

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The argument s is not a valid descriptor.
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The argument s is a file, not a socket.
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The socket is not in the UNIX-domain.
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The socket is not connected.
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Insufficient resources were available in the system to perform the operation.

accept(2), bind(2), getpeername(2), getsockname(2), getsockopt(2), socket(2), unix(4)

The getpeereid() function call appeared in OpenBSD 3.0.

September 11, 2022 OpenBSD-7.3