Miscellaneous API

Miscellaneous functions. More...

Functions
unsigned short	rc_getport (int type)
int	rc_own_hostname (char *hostname, int len)
int	rc_get_srcaddr (struct sockaddr *lia, const struct sockaddr *ria)
void	rc_own_bind_addr (rc_handle *rh, struct sockaddr_storage *lia)
void	rc_openlog (char const *ident)

Detailed Description

Miscellaneous functions.

Function Documentation

rc_get_srcaddr()

int rc_get_srcaddr	(	struct sockaddr *	lia,
		const struct sockaddr *	ria )

Find outbound interface address for a given destination

Given remote address find local address which the system will use as a source address for sending datagrams to that remote address.

Parameters

[out]	lia	local address.
[in]	ria	the remote address.

Returns

OK_RC on success. NETUNREACH_RC if network is unreachable (i.e. no route to destination). ERROR_RC for all other failures. Address is filled into the first argument.

Definition at line 124 of file ip_util.c.

rc_getport()

unsigned short rc_getport

(

int

type

)

Get the port number for the supplied request type

Parameters

type	AUTH or ACCT.

Returns

the port number.

Definition at line 63 of file ip_util.c.

rc_openlog()

void rc_openlog

(

char const *

ident

)

Opens system log

This function is a wrapper over openlog() in systems which support it. Don't call it if you already call openlog().

Parameters

ident

the name of the program.

Examples

radexample.c.

Definition at line 36 of file log.c.

rc_own_bind_addr()

void rc_own_bind_addr	(	rc_handle *	rh,
		struct sockaddr_storage *	lia )

Find our source address

Get the IP address to be used as a source address for sending requests in host order.

Parameters

rh	a handle to parsed configuration
lia	the local address to listen to

Definition at line 164 of file ip_util.c.

rc_own_hostname()

int rc_own_hostname	(	char *	hostname,
		int	len )

Get the hostname of this machine

Parameters

hostname	will hold the name of the host.
len	the size of hostname.

Returns

-1 on failure, 0 on success.

Definition at line 81 of file ip_util.c.