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System Administration Guide: Security Services

ProcedureHow to Retrieve IP MIB-II Information From a /dev/* Device

Applications that retrieve Solaris IP MIB-II information should open /dev/arp, not /dev/ip.

  1. Determine the device policy on /dev/ip and /dev/arp.


    % getdevpolicy /dev/ip /dev/arp
/dev/ip
        read_priv_set=net_rawaccess
        write_priv_set=net_rawaccess
/dev/arp
        read_priv_set=none
        write_priv_set=none

    Note that the net_rawaccess privilege is required for reading and writing to /dev/ip. No privileges are required for /dev/arp.

  2. Open /dev/arp and push the tcp and udp modules.

    No privileges are required. This method is equivalent to opening /dev/ip and pushing the arp, tcp and udp modules. Because opening /dev/ip now requires a privilege, the /dev/arp method is preferred.