As well as sending the credentials this also writes a single NUL
byte to 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.
Passes the credentials of the current user the receiving side of the connection. The receiving end has to call gio.unix_connection.UnixConnection.receiveCredentials (or similar) to accept the credentials.
As well as sending the credentials this also writes a single NUL byte to 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.