As well as reading the credentials this also reads (and discards) a
single byte from the stream, as this is required for credentials
passing to work on some implementations.
This method can be expected to be available on the following platforms:
Linux since GLib 2.26
FreeBSD since GLib 2.26
GNU/kFreeBSD since GLib 2.36
Solaris, Illumos and OpenSolaris since GLib 2.40
GNU/Hurd since GLib 2.40
Other ways to exchange credentials with a foreign peer includes the
#GUnixCredentialsMessage type and gio.socket.Socket.getCredentials function.
Receives credentials from the sending end of the connection. The sending end has to call gio.unix_connection.UnixConnection.sendCredentials (or similar) for this to work.
As well as reading the credentials this also reads (and discards) a single byte from the stream, as this is required for credentials passing to work on some implementations.
This method can be expected to be available on the following platforms:
Other ways to exchange credentials with a foreign peer includes the #GUnixCredentialsMessage type and gio.socket.Socket.getCredentials function.