Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 21:27:55 -0700 (PDT) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikko_Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= <mbsd@pacbell.net> To: Gagan Grewal <gagan_grewal@vsnl.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using bind() call on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20030623212423.P10158@atlas.home> In-Reply-To: <20030623003345.A2921@vsnl.net> References: <013a01c33674$8430c200$0eddfea9@perimeter.co.za> <026b01c338ea$f9988190$0a00a8c0@apollo> <20030623003345.A2921@vsnl.net>
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Gagan Grewal wrote:
> Hi Folks :)
>
> I am trying to write a simple a server process which follows this sequence...
> socket()
Assuming a "struct sockaddr_in addr;" around here somewhere, do:
memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
addr.sin_port = htons(blah);
etc ...
I.e. zero-fill the whole struct before use.
$.02,
/Mikko
> bind()
> listen()
> accept()
> .
> .
> .
> close( descriptor from accept() )
> close( descriptor from socket() )
>
> But I am getting error 99 (Cannot assign requested address) from bind().
>
> I am trying to bind the socket on 127.0.0.1:3333
> (This works on Linux though)
>
> Are there any special/extra things I need to do in /etc or elsewhere to make
> this program run on FreeBSD ?
>
> I am running FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE
>
> Any help/pointers from you folks would be great :)
>
> Thanks in advance :)
>
> Regards,
> Gagan.
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