[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >I'd sort of like to know how it does that reliably ... does it fork > >and enter the zone? > > It does not resolve names local to the local zones; but it can easily > find all the appropriate uids and processes. No different from traditional > Solaris with multiple interfaces.
Oh. I though that pidentd was supposed to resolve UIDs locally. That's one of the features of the protocol; it provides "here's who *I* think the user is" information back to the requester. > >In any event, I think that getting something other than /dev/kmem for > >these sorts of applications (pidentd isn't the only one; there's also > >lsof and probably ntop as well) would be a _very_ nice thing to have. > > > Yep. But defining an interface is hairy, specially considering locking > and performance. *sigh* -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
