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.TH BINDRESVPORT 3  1987-11-22 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
bindresvport \- bind a socket to a privileged IP port
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <sys/types.h>
.B #include <netinet/in.h>
.LP
.BI "int bindresvport(int " sd ", struct sockaddr_in **" sin );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.BR bindresvport ()
is used to bind a socket descriptor to a privileged
.SM IP
port, that is, a
port number in the range 0-1023.
The routine returns 0 if it is successful,
otherwise \-1 is returned and
.I errno
set to reflect the cause of the error.
.LP
Only root can bind to a privileged port; this call will fail for any
other users.