NCSA used fd passing in their later versions...

rbb@covalent.net wrote:
> 
> 
> I have been working on getting a new MPM that allows each child process to
> run with separate user/group ids.  This requires some file descriptor
> passing.  Unfortunately, I have started working on this on
> Linux.  Usually, there are two methods for passing file descriptors
> around, ioctl with I_SENDFD (SYS V) and sendmsg (BSD 4.3).  Linux however
> has decided in their vast wisdom to only support descriptor passing
> through the proc filesystem, which is completely un-portable.  At least,
> that is what everything I have read is saying.  I am committing what I
> have currently.  This SHOULD work with a little debugging on SYS V
> platforms.  I am setting it aside for the day, and I'll probably pick it
> up again tomorrow sometime.
> 
> In my mind, this proves that APR needs support for descriptor passing.  I
> will not have a chance to add that anytime soon, but anybody who does have
> the time would gain my eternal gratitude.  :-)
> 
> Ryan
> 
> 
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