Re: what/where is ss tool ?

Sami Farin
2004-12-22T12:28:04Z

On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 01:15:14PM +0100, Maciej Soltysiak wrote:
> Thanks Patrick!
>
> Maybe we could add a line to the help so people, like me, that were
> not aware that ss exists.
> AFAICS ss appeared not so long ago, I think many distributions are
> still using versions that do not have ss.
> Or I may be wrong.
>
> Regards,
> Maciej
> diff -ru linux.orig/net/ipv4/Kconfig linux/net/ipv4/Kconfig
> --- linux.orig/net/ipv4/Kconfig 2004-12-22 12:58:03.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux/net/ipv4/Kconfig 2004-12-22 13:00:36.000000000 +0100
> @@ -355,7 +355,8 @@
> default y
> ---help---
> Support for TCP socket monitoring interface used by native Linux
> - tools such as ss.
> + tools such as ss. ss comes from iproute2.
> + http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2/

Add also "if you wish to view IPv6 addresses (Local/Peer Address) with ss,
IPv6 support must be built into the kernel (not as a module)."

> If unsure, say Y.

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