From 2ce71b338beadd1a5826c87b6646afca1b2cec18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Wilson Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 05:31:07 +0545 Subject: [PATCH] unix: add small explainer note until real docs exist --- mitogen/unix.py | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mitogen/unix.py b/mitogen/unix.py index b36da281..8aec35d3 100644 --- a/mitogen/unix.py +++ b/mitogen/unix.py @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ """ Permit connection of additional contexts that may act with the authority of -this context. +this context. For now, the UNIX socket is always mode 0600, i.e. can only be +accessed by root or the same UID. Therefore we can always trust connections to +have the same privilege (auth_id) as the current process. """ import errno