process Token

The process token contains information describing a process as an object such as the recipient of a signal. The token has 9 fields: a token ID that identifies this token as a process token, the invariant audit ID, the effective user ID, the effective group ID, the real user ID, the real group ID, the process ID, the audit session ID, and a terminal ID. Figure A-20 shows a process token.

Figure A-20 process Token Format

The audit ID, user ID, group ID, process ID, and session ID are long instead of short.

The process token fields for the session ID, the real user ID, or the real group ID might be unavailable. The entry is then set to -1.