1 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
5 * create raw socket for icmp protocol
6 * and drop root privileges if running setuid
8 * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
13 int FAST_FUNC create_icmp_socket(void)
17 struct protoent *proto;
18 proto = getprotobyname("icmp");
19 /* if getprotobyname failed, just silently force
20 * proto->p_proto to have the correct value for "icmp" */
21 sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW,
22 (proto ? proto->p_proto : 1)); /* 1 == ICMP */
24 sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, 1); /* 1 == ICMP */
28 bb_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_perm_denied_are_you_root);
29 bb_perror_msg_and_die(bb_msg_can_not_create_raw_socket);
32 /* drop root privs if running setuid */