rresvport(), rresvport_af()

Obtain a socket with a privileged address

#include <unistd.h>

int rresvport( int * port );

int rresvport_af( int * port,
                  int af );

Arguments:

port

An address in the privileged port space. Privileged Internet ports are those in the range 0 to 1023. Only the superuser may bind this type of address to a socket.

af

(rresvport_af() only) The address family; see <sys/socket.h>.

Library:

libsocket

Use the -l socket option to qcc to link against this library.

Description:

The rresvport() function returns a descriptor to a socket with an address in the privileged port space. The rresvport_af() function is similar, but you can use it for address families other than AF_INET.

The ruserok() function is used by servers to authenticate clients requesting service with rcmd() .

The rresvport() and rresvport_af() functions obtain a socket with a privileged address bound to it. This socket can be used by rcmd() and several other functions.

Returns:

A valid, bound socket descriptor, or -1 if an error occurs (errno is set).

Errors:

The error code EAGAIN is overloaded to mean All network ports in use.

Classification:

Unix