Does anybody know if there is an API to configure the ip address of an interface?

I got the linux kernel source, but can't find a function to set ip
address. Who can give me a hand, thanks!

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> I got the linux kernel source, but can't find a function to set ip
> address. Who can give me a hand, thanks!
>
Any reason you don't want to use ifconfig?

crt

On 2006-05-24, (E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I got the linux kernel source, but can't find a function to set ip
> address. Who can give me a hand, thanks!

Why don't you look at the source code of ifconfig ?
Davide

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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> I got the linux kernel source, but can't find a function to set ip
> address. Who can give me a hand, thanks!

There are ioctl() calls to do that, but if you need to ask,
you probably should not attempt to do it.

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Tauno Voipio
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Check out the ioctls() - SIOCSIFADDR, SIOCSIFNETMASK and
SIOCSIFBRDADDR. Also you might need a sequence in which these ioctls
needs to be executed. You will need root permissions to execute these
ioctls.

Another quick way to find which systems calls are made is via using
'strace' on 'ifconfig eth* <IP> <netmask> <bcast'.

-Shailesh.