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30 .\" @(#)getpeername.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
37 .Nd get name of connected peer
44 "int s" "struct sockaddr * restrict name" "socklen_t * restrict namelen"
48 function returns the name of the peer connected to the socket
50 One common use occurs when a process inherits an open socket, such as
51 TCP servers forked from
55 is used to determine the connecting client's IP address.
57 The function takes three parameters:
58 .Bl -tag -width namelen -offset indent
60 contains the file descriptor of the socket whose peer should be looked up.
64 structure that will hold the address information for the connected peer.
65 Normal use requires one to use a structure
66 specific to the protocol family in use, such as
70 (IPv6), cast to a (struct sockaddr *).
72 For greater portability, especially with the newer protocol families, the new
73 .Li struct sockaddr_storage
76 is large enough to hold any of the other sockaddr_* variants.
77 On return, it can be cast to the correct sockaddr type,
78 based on the protocol family contained in its ss_family field.
80 indicates the amount of space pointed to by
85 If address information for the local end of the socket is required, the
87 function should be used instead.
91 does not point to enough space to hold the entire socket address, the
92 result will be truncated to
96 If the call succeeds, a 0 is returned and
98 is set to the actual size of the socket address returned in
102 is set and a value of \-1 is returned.
104 The call succeeds unless:
109 is not a valid descriptor.
113 parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the
114 process address space.
116 Insufficient resources were available in the system
117 to perform the operation.
119 The socket is not connected.
123 is a file, not a socket.
131 The function conforms to
136 function call appeared in