//go:build linux package cmd import ( "fmt" "net" "golang.org/x/sys/unix" ) // peerUID returns the uid of the process on the other end of a unix socket // connection, read from the kernel via SO_PEERCRED. func peerUID(c net.Conn) (int, error) { uc, ok := c.(*net.UnixConn) if !ok { return 0, fmt.Errorf("connection is not a unix socket: %T", c) } raw, err := uc.SyscallConn() if err != nil { return 0, fmt.Errorf("raw conn: %w", err) } var cred *unix.Ucred var credErr error if err := raw.Control(func(fd uintptr) { cred, credErr = unix.GetsockoptUcred(int(fd), unix.SOL_SOCKET, unix.SO_PEERCRED) }); err != nil { return 0, fmt.Errorf("getsockopt control: %w", err) } if credErr != nil { return 0, fmt.Errorf("SO_PEERCRED: %w", credErr) } return int(cred.Uid), nil }