UnixConnection.sendCredentials

bool sendCredentials(gio.cancellable.Cancellable cancellable = null)

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:

  • 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.

Parameters

cancellableA #GCancellable or null.

Returns

true on success, false if error is set.

Throws

[ErrorWrap]