static int connect_namedsocket(const char *path) { int sockfd, size; struct sockaddr_un helper; sockfd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0); if (sockfd < 0) { fprintf(stderr, "socket %s\n", strerror(errno)); return -1; } strcpy(helper.sun_path, path); helper.sun_family = AF_UNIX; size = strlen(helper.sun_path) + sizeof(helper.sun_family); if (connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&helper, size) < 0) { fprintf(stderr, "socket error\n"); return -1; } /* remove the socket for security reasons */ unlink(path); return sockfd; }