1 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
5 * create raw socket for icmp (IPv6 version) protocol
6 * and drop root privileges if running setuid
11 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IPV6
12 int create_icmp6_socket(void)
16 struct protoent *proto;
17 proto = getprotobyname("ipv6-icmp");
18 /* if getprotobyname failed, just silently force
19 * proto->p_proto to have the correct value for "ipv6-icmp" */
20 sock = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_RAW,
21 (proto ? proto->p_proto : IPPROTO_ICMPV6));
23 sock = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMPV6);
27 bb_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_perm_denied_are_you_root);
28 bb_perror_msg_and_die(bb_msg_can_not_create_raw_socket);
31 /* drop root privs if running setuid */