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From: dsg@mbunix.mitre.org (David S. Goldberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Multiple connections on a single port?
Message-ID: <43430@linus.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jan 89 19:36:08 GMT
References: <43380@linus.UUCP>
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In article <43380@linus.UUCP> I writes:
>
>I appologize if this question is incredibly simple or obvious...

	And after discovering my stupid mistake, I really appolgize :-)

[problem with multiple connections being cued]

>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>main(argc,argv)
>int argc;
>char **argv;
>{

[ no need to see all the gory details again]

>			g = accept(f,&from,&len);
>		} while (g < 0 && errno == EINTR);
>		from.sin_port = ntohs((u_short)from.sin_port);
>		hp = gethostbyaddr(&from.sin_addr, sizeof (struct in_addr),
>			from.sin_family);
>		hname = (char *) malloc(strlen (hp->h_name) + 1);
>		strcpy(hname,hp->h_name);
>		if (approved(hname)) { /* only certain hosts can connect */
>			if ((pid = fork()) == 0) {
>				close(f);
>				authenticate(g); /* routine talks to client*/
>				return;
				^^^^^^^

ARRGH I should have used exit.  And looking through my RCS logs, I found
that at one point I had.  I don't even remember changing it.  I think the
reason why is that the descriptor g doesn't close properly, but could
someone tell me for sure?

>			}
>			close(g);
>		}
>		else close(g);

Thanks,

-dave
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