/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */ /* * Utility routines. * * create raw socket for icmp protocol test permission * and drop root privileges if running setuid * */ #include #include #include #include #include #include "libbb.h" int create_icmp_socket(void) { struct protoent *proto; int sock; proto = getprotobyname("icmp"); /* if getprotobyname failed, just silently force * proto->p_proto to have the correct value for "icmp" */ if ((sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, (proto ? proto->p_proto : 1))) < 0) { /* 1 == ICMP */ if (errno == EPERM) bb_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_perm_denied_are_you_root); else bb_perror_msg_and_die(bb_msg_can_not_create_raw_socket); } /* drop root privs if running setuid */ setuid(getuid()); return sock; }