bindresvport(3RPC)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | FEATURES | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | RESTRICTIONS | ATTRIBUTES

NAME

bindresvport- bind a socket to a privileged IP port

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>

int bindresvport(int sd, struct sockaddr_in *sin);

FEATURES

POSIX_SOCKETS

DESCRIPTION

The bindresvport() function is used to bind a socket descriptor to a privileged IP port, that is, a port number in the range 0-1023.

Only root can bind to a privileged port. The call fails for any other users.

RETURN VALUES

The routine returns 0 if it is successful, otherwise -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error condition.

RESTRICTIONS

This library call does not support multi-threaded applications.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Evolving

ChorusOS 4.0  Last Revised December 1999

NAME | SYNOPSIS | FEATURES | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | RESTRICTIONS | ATTRIBUTES