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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Mapping inet connections to pids
Message-ID: <3043:Aug1914:10:5390@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 19 Aug 90 14:10:53 GMT
References: <1990Aug3.225954.25180@indetech.com>
Sender: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
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In article <1990Aug3.225954.25180@indetech.com> cse@indetech.com (Scott Ellard) writes:
> Is there a UNIX command that relates active internet
> connections to the pids which own those connections?

Not portably; there are no system calls to retrieve such information,
even if it is stored. What do you need the pids for?

> If there is no such command/option, has anyone written
> a program to do this that they might share?

My auth package (c.s.unix volume 22) records the uid and pid that
started any authenticated connection; the uid is available through the
network as per RFC 931, and you can easily modify the daemon to spit out
the pid.

---Dan