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SOCONFIG(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures SOCONFIG(8)

NAME

soconfig - configure transport providers for use by sockets

SYNOPSIS

/sbin/soconfig -d dir

/sbin/soconfig -f file

/sbin/soconfig family type protocol [module | path]

/sbin/soconfig -l

DESCRIPTION

The soconfig utility configures the transport provider driver for use
with sockets. It specifies how the family, type, and protocol
parameters in the socket(3SOCKET) call are mapped to the name of a
transport provider such as /dev/tcp. This utility can be used to add
an additional mapping or remove a previous mapping.

The init(8) utility uses soconfig with the sock2path.d(5) directory
during the booting sequence.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

-d dir
Set up the soconfig configuration for each driver
according to the information stored in the files in
dir.

-f file
Set up the soconfig configuration for each driver
according to the information stored in file. A soconfig
file consists of lines of at least the first three fields
listed below, separated by spaces:

family type protocol [module | path]

These fields are described in the OPERANDS section below.

An example of file can be found in the EXAMPLES section
below.

-l
Print the in-kernel socket configuration table.

OPERANDS

The following operands are supported:

family
The protocol family as listed in the
/usr/include/sys/socket.h file, expressed as an
integer.

type
The socket type as listed in the
/usr/include/sys/socket.h file, expressed as an
integer.

protocol
The protocol number as specified in the family-
specific include file, expressed as an integer. For
example, for AF_INET this number is specified in
/usr/include/netinet/in.h. An unspecified protocol
number is denoted with the value zero.

module | path
The module name or path name of a device that
corresponds to the transport provider, such as tcp
or /dev/tcp. Modules must reside in
kernel/socketmod. A device name must begin with
/dev. If this parameter is specified, the
configuration will be added for the specified
family, type, and protocol. If this parameter is not
specified, the configuration will be removed.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Using soconfig

The following example sets up a module for family AF_INET and type
SOCK_STREAM:

example# soconfig 2 2 0 tcp

The following example sets up /dev/tcp for family AF_INET and type
SOCK_STREAM:

example# soconfig 2 2 0 /dev/tcp

The following is a sample file used with the -f option. Comment lines
begin with a hash mark (#):

# Family Type Protocol Module | Path
2 2 0 tcp
2 2 6 tcp

2 1 0 udp
2 1 17 udp

1 2 0 /dev/ticotsord
1 1 0 /dev/ticlts

2 4 0 icmp

FILES

/etc/sock2path.d
Directory containing files with mappings from
sockets to transport providers.