1 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
5 * create raw socket for icmp (IPv6 version) protocol
6 * and drop root privileges if running setuid
8 * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
13 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IPV6
14 int FAST_FUNC create_icmp6_socket(void)
18 struct protoent *proto;
19 proto = getprotobyname("ipv6-icmp");
20 /* if getprotobyname failed, just silently force
21 * proto->p_proto to have the correct value for "ipv6-icmp" */
22 sock = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_RAW,
23 (proto ? proto->p_proto : IPPROTO_ICMPV6));
25 sock = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMPV6);
29 bb_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_perm_denied_are_you_root);
30 bb_perror_msg_and_die(bb_msg_can_not_create_raw_socket);
33 /* drop root privs if running setuid */