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PAM predates pidfd by about 25 years or so, though it's really weird how steadfastly unix heritage systems avoided handles for important things, resulting in ra
by formerly_proven 3y ago
PAM predates pidfd by about 25 years or so, though it's really weird how steadfastly unix heritage systems avoided handles for important things, resulting in race conditions and security issues all over the place.
- fragmede 3y agoWhich is definitely what you want in your authentication subsystem.