Question

I am getting some compilation errors I can’t figure out, and although I’m sure they’re quite stupid I can’t find an answer that helps me much through other channels.

Problem 1: (These are a part of a TCP protocol)

error: ‘TH_SYN’ undeclared (first use in this function)
error: ‘TH_ACK’ undeclared (first use in this function)

tcp.tcph_flags = TH_SYN;
tcp.tcph_flags = TH_ACK;

Problem 2:

error: conversion to non-scalar type requested

const int one = 1;
char buffer[PCKT_LEN];
struct sockaddr_in sin;
struct ipheader ip;
struct tcpheader tcp;

ip = (struct ipheader) buffer;                      /* ERROR POINTS HERE */
tcp = (struct tcpheader) buffer + ip.iph_ihl *4;    /* AND HERE */

Problem 3:

warning: assignment makes integer from pointer without a cast

case 'i': dip = inet_addr(optarg);
          dstip = (optarg);  /* ERROR POINTS TO THIS LINE */
          break;

Now I hope I’ve copied enough relevant information on the errors for you to be able to help, but if I’ve left something out let me know. For problem 1, I believe I am missing a header file of some sort but I don’t know which. Problem 2 and 3 are pointer issues, but I’m not sure why they aren’t correct. Thanks in advance 🙂

Answer 1

• For the first problem, include the header defining TH_SYN and TH_ACK. On my system it’s netinet/tcp.h
• For the second problem, turn ipheader and tcpheader into pointers
• For the third problem I think you need a strtoul but I’m unsure