Added SO_REUSEADDR to socket options

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/netlib.c b/netlib.c
index 08e7e14f..6bfdf1ae 100644
--- a/netlib.c
+++ b/netlib.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ int passivesock(char *service, char *protocol, int qlen)
     struct protoent *ppe;
     struct sockaddr_in sin;
     int s, type;
+    int one = 1;
 
     bzero((char *) &sin, sizeof(sin));
     sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ int passivesock(char *service, char *protocol, int qlen)
     if (s < 0)
 	errexit("Can't create socket:");
 
+    if (setsockopt(s, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (char *)&one, sizeof(one)) == -1) {
+        sprintf(mbuf, "%s", "Error: SETSOCKOPT SO_REUSEADDR");
+	errexit(mbuf);
+    }
     if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr *) &sin, sizeof(sin)) < 0) {
 	sprintf(mbuf, "Can't bind to port %s", service);
 	errexit(mbuf);