1 .TH "chbind" "8" "0.1.0" "Klavs Klavsen <kl@vsen.dk>" "System Administration"
4 chbind \- The chbind utility is used to lock a process and its children into using a specific IP number/Interface.
7 chbind [\fI\-\-silent\fP] [\fI\-\-ip ip_number/interface\fP] <\fIcommand arguments\fP>
10 The chbind utility executes a command, and locks the resulting process and its children into using a specific IP number/Interface, no matter what it is told in it's configuration. This applies to services and client connection as well.
14 \fB\-\-ip\fR ip_number/interface
15 Binds the process to the given IP number or Interface. If an interface
16 is supplied (for example eth0), both the IP number and broadcast address
19 \fB\-\-bcast\fR broadcast address
20 Binds the process to the given broadcast IP number.
27 \fI/usr/sbin/chbind\fP
32 If I wanted to ensure my httpd listened only on my eth0 interface, I could do:
33 chbind \-\-ip eth0 /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start
35 Please contribute some, if you feel it's important.
38 This Man page was written by Klavs Klavsen <kl@vsen.dk> and based upon the helpful output from the program itself and the documentation on the Virtual Server site <http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/miscprj/s_context.hc?prjstate=1&nodoc=0>
41 chcontext(8) rebootmgr(8) reducecap(8)
42 vps(8) vpstree(8) vrpm(8) vserver(8)
43 vserver\-stat(8) vtop(8)