Linux ioctl help.......................

xeroxdefined · 11-16-2010, 06:12 AM

HEY GUYZZZ plz plz plz help help me.
im actually making a packet sniffer using raw socket.
Its just that when i use the command '
if((ioctl(rawsock, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr)) == -1)
to get the interface index...

its gives me an error saying :invalid argument....?????
Any slutions

alli_yas · 11-16-2010, 06:16 AM

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bsat · 11-17-2010, 12:06 AM

hi
It depends on how you have defined your ioclt and is SIOCGIFINDEX a predefined IOCTL command or is it being defined by you. Make sure the expected arguments in the definition and what you are passing are the same.