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From: robert@il.ft.hse.nl (robert)
Newsgroups: comp.security.unix,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to associate a socket w/ PID? (BSD solution)
Date: 30 Jul 1996 14:16:25 +0200
Organization: LSD...melts in your mind, not in your hand
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sthaug@nethelp.no (Steinar Haug):
>[robert]
>| It combines the outputs of fstat(8) and netstat(8)...
>There is already a wonderful tool available to do this and much more - it's
>called lsof. Available from your nearest FTP archie, check with archie.
lsof is very cool (I use it alot myself), but it requires you to be root
if you want to install it (because it needs to be sgid kmem). Now, fstat
should be sgid kmem too, but it's a standard utility which comes shipped
with FreeBSD/BSDI (and it already has the right permissions).
robert