[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Feature Requests-814689 ] sendmsg operation for unix sockets

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Feature Requests item #814689, was opened at 2003-09-29 19:58
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: paul rubin (phr)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: sendmsg operation for unix sockets

Initial Comment:
The socket module doesn't seem to support the sendmsg 

operation for AF_UNIX sockets, at least in Python 2.2.2 

under Linux.  This is needed to send ancillary messages 

to sockets.  Those in turn allow a process to see the 

user id of its peer, allows sending file descriptors to 

other processes (needed for anything like User Mode 

Linux so that non-root processes can open privileged 

ports), and so forth.  

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