Security?

[Benjamin Budai <BENJI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I am currently writing a program with sockets. Besides TCP it makes use of
UNIX domain sockets, for descriptor passing. The API description for 
sendmsg() states, that the _TARGET_ of the message must be running with the
user identity of the sender or have *ALLOBJ. There is another API to do this
give_descriptor (I think), which requires the same to stand for the _SOURCE_.
What is the rationale behind having two APIs for the same purpose but with
opposite security requirements? For the sendmsg(): it just makes unix to
OS/400 portin harder, and doesn't add value. The same OS/400 allows ondinary
users change the size of shared pools (why?), respond to operator 
messages (again, why?) and there may be more.

Benjamin Budai

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