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Re: Patch to pass file descriptors
"Corinna Vinschen" <cygwin-patches@cygwin.com> wrote:
> recvmsg is in another process. The open handle is only valid in
> the source process.
Of course, you are right. Just refreshed my mind looking at that
old diff and revealed that what actually was getting passed is
a process id. Your further reasoning regarding privileges is
completely valid.
Sorry for the misleading info.
--
Dmitry.