// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// Socket control messages

package unix

import "unsafe"

// UnixCredentials encodes credentials into a socket control message
// for sending to another process. This can be used for
// authentication.
func UnixCredentials(ucred *Ucred) []byte {
	b := make([]byte, CmsgSpace(SizeofUcred))
	h := (*Cmsghdr)(unsafe.Pointer(&b[0]))
	h.Level = SOL_SOCKET