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W00t
W00t

Reputation: 213

Weird error with setsockopt, "Protocol not available"

The applicable code is below, as is the exact error.

sd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW);
if ( setsockopt( sd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_HDRINCL, &on, sizeof(on) ) < 0 )
{
    printf("%s\n", strerror(errno));
}
if ( setsockopt( sd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_DF, &on, sizeof(on) ) < 0 )
{
    printf("%s\n", strerror(errno));
    printf("DF\n");
}

Error:

root@PC:~# gcc main.c
main.c: In function ‘main’:
main.c:71: warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments
root@PC:~# ./a.out localhost
Protocol not available
DF

It's odd that the second setsockopt is erroring, while the first one isn't.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 14186

Answers (2)

sardok
sardok

Reputation: 1116

from ip(7) man page;

   IP_NODEFRAG (since Linux 2.6.36)
          If enabled (argument is nonzero), the reassembly of outgoing packets is
          disabled in the netfilter layer.  This option is only valid for
          SOCK_RAW sockets.  The argument is an integer.

Upvotes: 0

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

Reputation: 798676

IP_DF is a packet flag, not a socket option. Valid socket options are given in the ip(7) man page.

Upvotes: 4

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