Function getAuthToken

kdevplatform/util/dbus_socket_transformer/main.cpp:54–76

* Returns the valid dbus EXTERNAL authentication token for the current user (see above) * */

 * Returns the valid dbus EXTERNAL authentication token for the current user (see above)
 * */
std::string getAuthToken()
{
    // Get uid
    int uid = getuid();

    std::ostringstream uidStream;
    uidStream << uid;

    std::string uidStr = uidStream.str();

    const char hexdigits[16] = {
        '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9',
        'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'
    };

    std::ostringstream hexStream;
    for (char c : uidStr) {
        auto byte = (unsigned char)c;
        hexStream << hexdigits[byte >> 4] << hexdigits[byte & 0x0f];
    }

    return hexStream.str();
}

/**
 * Shuffles all data between the two file-descriptors until one of them fails or reaches EOF.