valid_socket(4)          Driver Applies           valid_socket(4)

NAME
     valid_socket - protects the socket efunctions.

SYNOPSIS
     int valid_socket( object caller, string function,
                       mixed *info );

DESCRIPTION
     Each of the socket efunctions calls valid_socket() prior  to
     executing.   If  valid_socket  returns  0,  then  the socket
     efunction fails.  If valid_socket returns 1, then the socket
     efunction  attempts to succeed.  The first argument 'caller'
     is the object that called the socket efunction.  The  second
     argument  is  the name of the socket efunction that is being
     called (e.g. socket_write() or  socket_bind()).   The  third
     argument  is  an array of information.  The first element of
     the array (when applicable) is file descriptor being  refer-
     enced.   The second element of the array is the owner of the
     socket (object).  The third element  of  the  array  is  the
     address  (string)  of  the  remote  end  of the socket.  The
     fourth element of the array is the  port  number  associated
     with the socket.

MudOS                Last change: 5 Sep 1994                    1