Re: Patch to pass file descriptors

["Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at syncretize dot net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Corinna Vinschen" <cygwin-patches@cygwin.com>
To: <cygwin-patches@cygwin.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: Patch to pass file descriptors


> On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 09:07:42PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> > Chris/Corinna, why do you want to avoid *new* functionality (especially
> > with security complications) using the cygserver?
>
> Basically, I don't like that sshd might depend on a running cygserver.
> If the implementation only works with a server process as for SysV shared
> memory, that's ok.  But if it's possible to get that working w/o the
> cygserver, I'd prefer that.

Ahh, well what about doing both, like we do with the tty handle passing
code. A secure version for when cygserver is running, and the insecure
version for when cygserver isn't running.

Rob