Re: Passing sockets with "givedescriptor()" (across user profiles)

The more current manuals have examples including code (although they are in C). https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzab6/xdescriptors.htm

On Fri, 2021-02-26 at 12:49 -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote:

On 2/26/21 12:40 PM, Scott Klement wrote:

The last time I discussed this with an IBMer, the recommendation was to

stop using givedescriptor/takedescriptor. Off the top of my head, I

don't remember their reasoning.


They recommend using the sendmsg/recvmsg routines as a replacement.


Uh, exactly how does one use sendmsg/recvmsg to pass a socket from one

job to another? Looking at sendmsg() in the aforementioned 22-year-old

manual, I see that it apparently can pass a descriptor through a socket

(although it doesn't say anything about how), but how does that help me,

given that there isn't a socket connecting the two jobs (the only socket

is the one connecting to the client)?


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JHHL



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