Re: [Proftpd-devel] Storing State in Session

[Johan K. <joh...@az...>]

>
> > So, to my question: Is there a way to save module-specific state
> > information in the session? Or can I use the privdata_t in the cmd to
> > store session data? Or am I simply going about things the wrong way? Is
> > there a better way to accomplish what I want to do?
>
>If all you need is to maintain state for the duration of the session, why
>not allocate a static global structure in your module that's allocated out
>of session.pool? That memory will remain valid for the entire session and=
 is
>automatically freed when the child process exits.

A static global structure? Hmm... Yes, the entire process is FORKed=20
whenever a new session is started, isn't it? If I'm not dealing with=20
thread, this would definitely work! Now, why didn't I think of that from=20
the beginning!? *bonk*

Anyhow, thanks a bunch John!


>Good luck with your module - it sounds quite interesting!

:-)

- Johan

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