ddp(7)
NAME
ddp - Linux AppleTalk protocol implementation
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/socket.h> #include <netatalk/at.h> ddp_socket = socket(AF_APPLETALK, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); raw_socket = socket(AF_APPLETALK, SOCK_RAW, protocol);
DESCRIPTION
Linux implements the AppleTalk protocols described in Inside AppleTalk. Only the DDP layer and AARP are present in the kernel. They are designed to be used via the netatalk protocol libraries. This page documents the interface for those who wish or need to use the DDP layer directly. The communication between AppleTalk and the user program works using a BSD-compatible socket interface. For more information on sockets, see socket(7). An AppleTalk socket is created by calling the socket(2) function with a AF_APPLETALK socket family argument. Valid socket types are SOCK_DGRAM to open a ddp socket or SOCK_RAW to open a raw socket. protocol is the AppleTalk protocol to be received or sent. For SOCK_RAW you must specify ATPROTO_DDP. Raw sockets may be opened only by a process with effective user ID 0 or when the process has the CAP_NET_RAW capability. Address format An AppleTalk socket address is defined as a combination of a network number, a node number, and a port number. struct at_addr { unsigned short s_net; unsigned char s_node; }; struct sockaddr_atalk { sa_family_t sat_family; /* address family */ unsigned char sat_port; /* port */ struct at_addr sat_addr; /* net/node */ }; sat_family is always set to AF_APPLETALK. sat_port contains the port. The port numbers below 129 are known as reserved ports. Only processes with the effective user ID 0 or the CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE capability may bind(2) to these sockets. sat_addr is the host address. The net member of struct at_addr contains the host network in network byte order. The value of AT_ANYNET is a wildcard and also implies "this network." The node member of struct at_addr contains the host node number. The value of AT_ANYNODE is a wildcard and also implies "this node." The value of ATADDR_BCAST is a link local broadcast address. Socket options No protocol-specific socket options are supported. /proc interfaces IP supports a set of /proc interfaces to configure some global AppleTalk parameters. The parameters can be accessed by reading or writing files in the directory /proc/sys/net/atalk/. aarp-expiry-time The time interval (in seconds) before an AARP cache entry expires. aarp-resolve-time The time interval (in seconds) before an AARP cache entry is resolved. aarp-retransmit-limit The number of retransmissions of an AARP query before the node is declared dead. aarp-tick-time The timer rate (in seconds) for the timer driving AARP. The default values match the specification and should never need to be changed. Ioctls All ioctls described in socket(7) apply to DDP.
ERRORS
EACCES The user tried to execute an operation without the necessary
permissions. These include sending to a broadcast address
without having the broadcast flag set, and trying to bind to a
reserved port without effective user ID 0 or
CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE.
EADDRINUSE
Tried to bind to an address already in use.
EADDRNOTAVAIL
A nonexistent interface was requested or the requested source
address was not local.
EAGAIN Operation on a nonblocking socket would block.
EALREADY
A connection operation on a nonblocking socket is already in
progress.
ECONNABORTED
A connection was closed during an accept(2).
EHOSTUNREACH
No routing table entry matches the destination address.
EINVAL Invalid argument passed.
EISCONN
connect(2) was called on an already connected socket.
EMSGSIZE
Datagram is bigger than the DDP MTU.
ENODEV Network device not available or not capable of sending IP.
ENOENT SIOCGSTAMP was called on a socket where no packet arrived.
ENOMEM and ENOBUFS
Not enough memory available.
ENOPKG A kernel subsystem was not configured.
ENOPROTOOPT and EOPNOTSUPP
Invalid socket option passed.
ENOTCONN
The operation is defined only on a connected socket, but the
socket wasn't connected.
EPERM User doesn't have permission to set high priority, make a
configuration change, or send signals to the requested process
or group.
EPIPE The connection was unexpectedly closed or shut down by the other
end.
ESOCKTNOSUPPORT
The socket was unconfigured, or an unknown socket type was
requested.
VERSIONS
AppleTalk is supported by Linux 2.0 or higher. The /proc interfaces exist since Linux 2.2.
NOTES
Be very careful with the SO_BROADCAST option; it is not privileged in Linux. It is easy to overload the network with careless sending to broadcast addresses. Compatibility The basic AppleTalk socket interface is compatible with netatalk on BSD-derived systems. Many BSD systems fail to check SO_BROADCAST when sending broadcast frames; this can lead to compatibility problems. The raw socket mode is unique to Linux and exists to support the alternative CAP package and AppleTalk monitoring tools more easily.
BUGS
There are too many inconsistent error values. The ioctls used to configure routing tables, devices, AARP tables, and other devices are not yet described.
SEE ALSO
recvmsg(2), sendmsg(2), capabilities(7), socket(7)
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 4.09 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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