opensolaris man page for soconfig

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NAME
       soconfig - 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 integer.

       type		The socket type as listed in the /usr/include/sys/socket.h file, expressed as an integer.

       protocol 	The protocol number as specified in the family-specific include file, expressed as an integer. For  example,  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 corresponds 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 parameter 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.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsr			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       init(1M), sock2path(4), attributes(5)

       Network Interface Guide

SunOS 5.11							    29 Oct 2008 						      soconfig(1M)