Re^2: Functions pointers and stuff.

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <302 at oha.UUCP> tony at oha.UUCP (Tony Olekshy) writes:
> b) Deliberately make the name of the binary known during the installation
>    process, and check the consistency of this information at run-time.
>    This is an alternative which meets the needs set out in the original
>    posting.

It's unworkable, especially in a true networked environment, but even
in traditional UNIX environments where an executable binary need not
be readable to its invoker.  (So you still can't read the name list.)
Also, a stripped executable may not have a name list.