.\" @(#)bindresvport.3n 2.2 88/08/02 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.7 88/03/14 SMI
.TH BINDRESVPORT 3N "22 november 1987"
bindresvport \- bind a socket to a privileged IP port
.B #include <sys/types.h>
.B #include <netinet/in.h>
.B int bindresvport(sd, sin)
.B struct sockaddr_in \(**sin;
is used to bind a socket descriptor to a privileged
port number in the range 0-1023.
The routine returns 0 if it is successful,
otherwise \-1 is returned and
set to reflect the cause of the error.
Only root can bind to a privileged port; this call will fail for any