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Rbind()

Bind a name to a socket (via a SOCKS server)

Synopsis:

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>

int Rbind( int s, 
           const struct sockaddr * name,
           int namelen );

Arguments:

s

The file descriptor to be bound.

name

A pointer to the sockaddr structure that holds the address to be bound to the socket. The socket length and format depend upon its address family.

namelen

The length of the sockaddr structure pointed to by name.

Library:

libsocks

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

Description:

The Rbind() function is a cover function for bind() -- the difference is that Rbind() does its job via a SOCKS server.

For more information about SOCKS and its libraries, see the appendix, SOCKS -- A Basic Firewall.

Returns:

0

Success.

-1

An error occurred (errno is set).

Classification:

SOCKS

See also:

bind() Raccept(), Rconnect(), Rgetsockname(), Rlisten(), Rrcmd(), Rselect(), SOCKSinit()

SOCKS -- A Basic Firewall