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From: ibondre on 18 Jan 2006 12:26
How can i programatically change the IP Address, DNS, gateway,
Enable/disable DHCP, in Linux Using C or C++.

Is there also an API to get this properties?

Thanks
Irfan.

From: Tauno Voipio on 18 Jan 2006 13:31
ibondre(a)gmail.com wrote:
> How can i programatically change the IP Address, DNS, gateway,
> Enable/disable DHCP, in Linux Using C or C++.
>
> Is there also an API to get this properties?

The DNS and DHCP settings are in configuration files
you can modify if you have sufficient access rights.

To effect the changes you may need to send a signal
to the corresponding daemon or to restart it.

The IP addresses and routing information are in
kernel tables which are accessible with suitable
ioctl() calls. For details, get a book on network
programming, e.g.

W. Richard Stevens, UNIX Network Programming

Needless to say that the process modifying any network
settings needs sufficient privileges.

--

Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio (at) iki fi
From: FLY135 on 18 Jan 2006 15:21

ibondre(a)gmail.com wrote:
> How can i programatically change the IP Address, DNS, gateway,
> Enable/disable DHCP, in Linux Using C or C++.
>
> Is there also an API to get this properties?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <iptools.h>

static const char *l_pszConfigFile = "/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-";

//==============================================================================
// function: SetNetworkConfig
// description: updates the network configuration file
//==============================================================================
int SetNetworkConfig(char *ifname,in_addr_t ip,in_addr_t mask,in_addr_t
gw)
{
char szTemp[256];
in_addr_t bc,nw;

mask = ValidateMask(mask);
nw = IP2Network(ip,mask);
bc = IP2Broadcast(ip,mask);

sprintf(szTemp,"%s%s",l_pszConfigFile,ifname);
printf("open -> %s\n",szTemp);
FILE *file = fopen(szTemp,"wr");
if ( file == NULL )
{
perror("SetNetworkConfig");
return -1;
}

fprintf(file,"IPADDR=\"%s\"\n",inet_ntoa(inet_makeaddr(ip,0)));
fprintf(file,"NETMASK=\"%s\"\n",inet_ntoa(inet_makeaddr(mask,0)));
fprintf(file,"NETWORK=\"%s\"\n",inet_ntoa(inet_makeaddr(nw,0)));
fprintf(file,"BROADCAST=\"%s\"\n",inet_ntoa(inet_makeaddr(bc,0)));
if ( gw != 0 )
fprintf(file,"GATEWAY=\"%s\"\n",inet_ntoa(inet_makeaddr(gw,0)));
fclose(file);
system("/etc/init.d/network restart");
}

//==============================================================================
// function: IP2Broadcast
// description: Takes a subnet mask and IP returns a subnet broadcast
address
//==============================================================================
in_addr_t IP2Broadcast(in_addr_t IP, in_addr_t Mask)
{
in_addr_t bcIP;
in_addr_t bit;
in_addr_t notbit;
int i;

bit = 0x80000000;
notbit = 0xFFFFFFFF;
bcIP = 0;
for ( i=0; i<31; i++)
{
if ((bit & Mask) == 0)
break;
bcIP |= (IP & bit);
notbit &= ~bit;
bit = bit >> 1;
}
bcIP != notbit;
//printf("bcIP = %s\n",inet_ntoa(inet_makeaddr(bcIP,0)));
return bcIP;
}

//==============================================================================
// function: IP2Network
// description: Takes a subnet mask and IP returns a subnet address
//==============================================================================
in_addr_t IP2Network(in_addr_t IP, in_addr_t Mask)
{
in_addr_t netIP;
in_addr_t bit;
int i;

bit = 0x80000000;
netIP = 0;
for ( i=0; i<31; i++)
{
if ((bit & Mask) == 0)
break;
netIP |= (IP & bit);
bit = bit >> 1;
}
// printf("Network = %s\n",inet_ntoa(inet_makeaddr(netIP,0)));
return netIP;
}

//==============================================================================
// function: ValidateMask
// description: Takes a subnet mask and returns a valid version
//==============================================================================
in_addr_t ValidateMask(in_addr_t Mask)
{
in_addr_t newMask;
in_addr_t bit;
int i;

bit = 0x80000000;
newMask = 0;
for ( i=0; i<31; i++)
{
if ((bit & Mask) == 0)
break;
newMask |= bit;
bit = bit >> 1;
}
// printf("Mask = %s\n",inet_ntoa(inet_makeaddr(Mask,0)));
return Mask;
}

//==============================================================================
// function: GetLocalIP
// description: retrieve current network ip and mask
//==============================================================================
int GetIP(char *ifname, in_addr_t *ip, in_addr_t *mask)
{
struct ifreq ifr;
int sock = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0);

// Get the interface IP address
strcpy( ifr.ifr_name, ifname );
ifr.ifr_addr.sa_family = AF_INET;

if (ioctl( sock, SIOCGIFADDR, &ifr ) < 0)
perror( "SIOCGIFADDR" );
*ip = ((struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr.ifr_addr)->sin_addr.s_addr;
shutdown(sock,SHUT_RDWR);
}

//==============================================================================
// function: set_default_gw
// description: sets routing table's default gateway to the sock peer
addr
//==============================================================================
static int set_default_gw( int sockfd, in_addr_t gip )
{
struct sockaddr_in *dst, *gw, *mask;
struct rtentry route;

memset(&route,0,sizeof(struct rtentry));

dst = (struct sockaddr_in *)(&(route.rt_dst));
gw = (struct sockaddr_in *)(&(route.rt_gateway));
mask = (struct sockaddr_in *)(&(route.rt_genmask));

/* Make sure we're talking about IP here */
dst->sin_family = AF_INET;
gw->sin_family = AF_INET;
mask->sin_family = AF_INET;

/* Set up the data for removing the default route */
dst->sin_addr.s_addr = 0;
gw->sin_addr.s_addr = 0;
mask->sin_addr.s_addr = 0;
route.rt_flags = RTF_UP | RTF_GATEWAY;

/* Remove the default route */
ioctl(sockfd,SIOCDELRT,&route);

/* Set up the data for adding the default route */
dst->sin_addr.s_addr = 0;
gw->sin_addr.s_addr = gip;
mask->sin_addr.s_addr = 0;
route.rt_metric = 1;
route.rt_flags = RTF_UP | RTF_GATEWAY;

/* Remove this route if it already exists */
ioctl(sockfd,SIOCDELRT,&route);

/* Add the default route */
if( ioctl(sockfd,SIOCADDRT,&route) == -1 )
{
fprintf( stderr,"Adding default route: %d", errno);
return -1;
}

//fprintf( stdout,"Added default route successfully." );
return 0;
}

//==============================================================================
// function: UpdateIP
// description: updates the networks parameters
//==============================================================================
void UpdateIP(const char *ifname, in_addr_t ip, in_addr_t mask,
in_addr_t gip)
{
struct ifreq ifr;
char *myip;
int sock = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0);
in_addr_t IP;
struct rtentry rt;
struct sockaddr_in sa;
memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
memset(&rt, 0, sizeof(rt));

// Get the interface IP address
strcpy( ifr.ifr_name, ifname );
ifr.ifr_addr.sa_family = AF_INET;

if (ioctl( sock, SIOCGIFADDR, &ifr ) < 0)
perror( "SIOCGIFADDR" );
myip = inet_ntoa( ((struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr.ifr_addr)->sin_addr );

IP = ((struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr.ifr_addr)->sin_addr.s_addr;
((struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr.ifr_addr)->sin_addr.s_addr = ip;
if (ioctl( sock, SIOCSIFADDR, &ifr ) < 0)
perror( "SIOCSIFADDR" );

set_default_gw(sock, gip);
shutdown(sock,SHUT_RDWR);
}

//==============================================================================
// function: GetMacAddress
// description: retrieve current network address
//==============================================================================
int GetMacAddress(char *ifname, char *addr)
{
struct ifreq ifr;
int sock = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0);

// Get the interface IP address
strcpy( ifr.ifr_name, ifname );
ifr.ifr_addr.sa_family = AF_INET;

if (ioctl( sock, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr ) < 0)
{
perror( "SIOCGHWADDR" );
return -1;
}
memcpy(addr,ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data,6);
//uint8_t *hwaddr = (uint8_t*)addr;
//printf("The hardware address (SIOCGIFHWADDR) of %s is type %d "
// "%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x.\n", ifname,
// ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_family, hwaddr[0], hwaddr[1],
// hwaddr[2], hwaddr[3], hwaddr[4], hwaddr[5]);
shutdown(sock,SHUT_RDWR);
return 0;
}

//==============================================================================
// function: SetMacAddress
// description: Set network address
//==============================================================================
int SetMacAddress(char *ifname, char *addr)
{
struct ifreq ifr;
int sock = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0);

// Set the interface IP address
strcpy( ifr.ifr_name, ifname );
ifr.ifr_addr.sa_family = AF_UNIX;
memcpy(ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data,addr,6);

if (ioctl( sock, SIOCSIFHWADDR, &ifr ) < 0)
{
perror( "SIOCSIFHWADDR" );
return -1;
}
shutdown(sock,SHUT_RDWR);
return 0;
}

From: Michael Heiming on 18 Jan 2006 15:42
In comp.os.linux.networking ibondre(a)gmail.com:
> How can i programatically change the IP Address, DNS, gateway,
> Enable/disable DHCP, in Linux Using C or C++.

> Is there also an API to get this properties?

Why bother with C/C++ if you can do it from a simple shell script
or even perl, if you like?

BTW
Please read this before posting anything else:

http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google
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token got loose.
From: Unruh on 18 Jan 2006 16:05
Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio(a)INVALIDiki.fi> writes:

>ibondre(a)gmail.com wrote:
>> How can i programatically change the IP Address, DNS, gateway,
>> Enable/disable DHCP, in Linux Using C or C++.
>>
>> Is there also an API to get this properties?

Why?
The dns server is in /etc/resolv.conf. The gateway is set by the route
command or the ip command in more modern situations.
The address of the card is set either by dhcp or by ifconfig.

You can run programs from within your C program (execle)


>The DNS and DHCP settings are in configuration files
>you can modify if you have sufficient access rights.

>To effect the changes you may need to send a signal
>to the corresponding daemon or to restart it.

>The IP addresses and routing information are in
>kernel tables which are accessible with suitable
>ioctl() calls. For details, get a book on network
>programming, e.g.

> W. Richard Stevens, UNIX Network Programming

>Needless to say that the process modifying any network
>settings needs sufficient privileges.
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