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GETNUCRED(2)							  GETNUCRED(2)

NAME
       getnucred  -  obtain  the credentials that correspond to the given end‐
       point.

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/socket.h>
       #include <unistd.h>

       int getnucred(endpoint_t proc_ep,  struct ucred * ucred);

DESCRIPTION
       Given an endpoint proc_ep, this function will fill in  ucred  with  the
       pid, uid, and gid that correspond to that endpoint.

RETURN VALUES
       On  success,  this  function returns 0 and ucred will be filled in.  On
       error, -1 is returned and errno is set.

ERRORS
       [EFAULT]	      The address pointed to by ucred is not in a  valid  part
		      of  the process address space.  [EPERM] The user calling
		      this function has insufficient privileges. Only  a  user
		      with  an	euid of 0 may call this function.  [ESRCH] The
		      endpoint was not found. This is  caused  by  an  invalid
		      endpoint	or  an	endpoint  for a process that no longer
		      exists.

SEE ALSO
       getpid(2), getuid(2), getgid(2), getnpid(2), getnuid(2), getngid(2)

HISTORY
       This function first appeared in Minix 3.1.8.

								  GETNUCRED(2)

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