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Date:      Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:14:48 +0100 (CET)
From:      Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.gmd.de>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>, <net@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: interface multicast address list
Message-ID:  <20020124101219.J24779-100000@beagle.fokus.gmd.de>
In-Reply-To: <3C4FCF6B.51A6242@mindspring.com>

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On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Terry Lambert wrote:

TL>Harti Brandt wrote:
TL>> TL>> > is there any way to get at the if_multiaddrs list from user space (except
TL>> TL>> > for digging through the kernel with kvm).
TL>> TL>>
TL>> TL>> I'm affraid not.
TL>> TL>
TL>> TL>Actually, the easiest way is to remember the things when you
TL>> TL>set them in the first place.
TL>>
TL>> That's not an option for a daemon needing this information.
TL>
TL>Why not?  Who set them up?  Wasn't it the Daemon that bound the
TL>sockets and the multicast addresses?

Suppose I have an SNMP daemon where I want to export this information
for what ever reason (say, to implement ifRcvAddressTable). The daemon
isn't going to set up the addresses, is it?

harti
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harti brandt, http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/cats/employees/hartmut.brandt/private
              brandt@fokus.fhg.de


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