Technical Reference: Communications, Volume 2

rresvport Subroutine

Purpose

Retrieves a socket with a privileged address.

Library

Standard C Library (libc.a)

Syntax

int rresvport ( Port)
int *Port;

Description

The rresvport subroutine obtains a socket with a privileged address bound to the socket. A privileged Internet port is one that falls in a range between 0 and 1023.

Only processes with an effective user ID of root user can use the rresvport subroutine. An authentication scheme based on remote port numbers is used to verify permissions.

If the connection succeeds, a socket in the Internet domain of type SOCK_STREAM is returned to the calling process.

All applications containing the rresvport subroutine must be compiled with _BSD set to a specific value. Acceptable values are 43 and 44. In addition, all socket applications must include the BSD libbsd.a library.

Parameters

Return Values

Upon successful completion, the rresvport subroutine returns a valid, bound socket descriptor.

If the rresvport subroutine is unsuccessful, the subroutine handler performs the following functions:

• Returns a value of -1 to the calling program.
• Moves an error code, indicating the specific error, into the errno global variable.

Error Codes

The rresvport subroutine is unsuccessful if any of the following errors occurs:

Files

Related Information

The rcmd subroutine, ruserok subroutine.

Sockets Overview in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Communications Programming Concepts.