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31 .\" @(#)getpeername.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
38 .Nd get name of connected peer
42 .Fn getpeername "int s" "struct sockaddr *name" "socklen_t *namelen"
45 returns the address information of the peer connected to socket
47 One common use occurs when a process inherits an open socket, such as
48 TCP servers forked from
52 is used to determine the connecting client's IP address.
55 takes three parameters:
58 contains the file descriptor of the socket whose peer should be looked up.
63 structure that will hold the address information for the connected peer.
64 Normal use requires one to use a structure
65 specific to the protocol family in use, such as
69 (IPv6), cast to a (struct sockaddr *).
71 For greater portability, especially with the newer protocol families, the new
72 .Li struct sockaddr_storage
75 is large enough to hold any of the other sockaddr_* variants.
76 On return, it can be cast to the correct sockaddr type,
77 based on the protocol family contained in its ss_family field.
80 indicates the amount of space pointed to by
84 If address information for the local end of the socket is required, the
86 function should be used instead.
90 does not point to enough space to hold the entire socket address, the
91 result will be truncated to
95 If the call succeeds, a 0 is returned and
97 is set to the actual size of the socket address returned in
101 is set and a value of \-1 is returned.
105 is set to one of the following:
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.
125 parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the
126 process address space.
128 The socket has been shut down.
144 function call appeared in