SOCONFIG(1M)SOCONFIG(1M)NAMEsoconfig - configure transport providers for use by sockets
SYNOPSIS
/sbin/soconfig -f file
/sbin/soconfig family type protocol [path]
DESCRIPTION
The soconfig utility configures the transport provider driver for use
with sockets. It specifies how the family, type, and protocol parame‐
ters in the socket(3SOCKET) call are mapped to the name of a transport
provider such as /dev/tcp. This utility can be used to add an addi‐
tional mapping or remove a previous mapping.
The init(1M) utility uses soconfig with the sock2path(4) file during
the booting sequence.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-f file
Set up the soconfig configuration for each driver according
to the information stored in file. A soconfig file consists
of lines of at least the first three fields listed below,
separated by spaces:
family type protocol path
These fields are described in the OPERANDS section below.
An example of file can be found in the EXAMPLES section
below.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
family
The protocol family as listed in the
/usr/include/sys/socket.h file, expressed as an inte‐
ger.
type
The socket type as listed in the
/usr/include/sys/socket.h file, expressed as an inte‐
ger.
protocol
The protocol number as specified in the family-spe‐
cific include file, expressed as an integer. For exam‐
ple, for AF_INET this number is specified in
/usr/include/netinet/in.h. An unspecified protocol
number is denoted with the value zero.
module | path
The module name or path name of a device that corre‐
sponds to the transport provider, such as tcp or
/dev/tcp. Modules must reside in kernel/socketmod. A
device name must begin with /dev. If this parameter is
specified, the configuration will be added for the
specified family, type, and protocol. If this parame‐
ter is not specified, the configuration will be
removed.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Using soconfig
The following example sets up a module for family AF_INET and type
SOCK_STREAM:
example# soconfig 2 2 0 tcp
The following example sets up /dev/tcp for family AF_INET and type
SOCK_STREAM:
example# soconfig 2 2 0 /dev/tcp
The following is a sample file used with the -f option. Comment lines
begin with a hash mark (#):
# Family Type Protocol Module | Path
2 2 0 tcp
2 2 6 tcp
2 1 0 udp
2 1 17 udp
1 2 0 /dev/ticotsord
1 1 0 /dev/ticlts
2 4 0 icmp
FILES
/etc/sock2path
File containing mappings from sockets to transport
providers.
SEE ALSOinit(1M), sock2path(4), attributes(5)
Network Interface Guide
Oct 29, 2008 SOCONFIG(1M)
