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30 .\" @(#)getpeername.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
37 .Nd get name of connected peer
43 .Fn getpeername "int s" "struct sockaddr * restrict name" "socklen_t * restrict namelen"
46 returns the name of the peer connected to
49 One common use occurs when a process inherits an open socket, such as
50 TCP servers forked from
54 is used to determine the connecting client's IP address.
57 takes three parameters:
60 contains the file descriptor of the socket whose peer should be looked up.
65 structure that will hold the address information for the connected peer.
66 Normal use requires one to use a structure
67 specific to the protocol family in use, such as
71 (IPv6), cast to a (struct sockaddr *).
73 For greater portability, especially with the newer protocol families, the new
74 .Li struct sockaddr_storage
77 is large enough to hold any of the other sockaddr_* variants.
78 On return, it can be cast to the correct sockaddr type,
79 based on the protocol family contained in its ss_family field.
82 indicates the amount of space pointed to by
86 If address information for the local end of the socket is required, the
88 function should be used instead.
92 does not point to enough space to hold the entire socket address, the
93 result will be truncated to
97 If the call succeeds, a 0 is returned and
99 is set to the actual size of the socket address returned in
103 is set and a value of \-1 is returned.
105 The call succeeds unless:
110 is not a valid descriptor.
114 is a file, not a socket.
116 The socket is not connected.
118 Insufficient resources were available in the system
119 to perform the operation.
123 parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the
124 process address space.
134 function call appeared in