Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:28:34 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: raviprasad20@netscape.net Cc: net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Route command Message-ID: <20010619132834.B29608@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <523FD471.1174D73E.9513E96F@netscape.net>; from raviprasad20@netscape.net on Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 06:13:23AM -0400 References: <4A556EC3.7AE53828.9513E96F@netscape.net> <20010619122426.D5368@sunbay.com> <523FD471.1174D73E.9513E96F@netscape.net>
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On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 06:13:23AM -0400, raviprasad20@netscape.net wrote: > Hi, > Iam not clear about your point. > All my queries are withrespect to the file /usr/src/sbin/route/route.c. > > The "route" command main() open a routing socket. All the user > requests are stored in are stored in the structure rt_msghdr. Then > the function rtmsg()writes to the routing socket. Later the same > function reads from the same socket to display messages to the user about the result of the command. > > My doubt is who is reading this information that he writes to the > routing socket & updating the kernel routing table. Whether the > routed daemon? > This is from the route(4) manpage: : Any messages sent to the kernel are returned, and copies are sent to all : interested listeners. The kernel will provide the process ID for the : sender, and the sender may use an additional sequence field to distin- : guish between outstanding messages. And yes, routing daemon (if running) will receive these messages. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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