chat server problem

I am making a chat server which accepts connections by telnet. I have the basic body of it down and when I compile it I get this error

Code:

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In file included from sh0ck.c:1:
list.h: In function `connector':
list.h:194: error: request for member `sin_addr' in something not a structure or union

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Which pertains to this function

Code:

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int connector(int socket, struct sockaddr *client, int fdmax, fd_set *set )
{
        int addrlen;
        int newfd;
        addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr);
        if ((newfd = accept(socket, (struct sockaddr *)&client, &addrlen)) == -1)
        {
                perror("accept");
                return -1;
        }
        else
        {
                FD_SET(newfd, set);
                if (newfd > fdmax)
                        fdmax = newfd;
                printf("sh0ck: new connection from %s on socket %d\n",
                        inet_ntoa(client.sin_addr), newfd);
        }
        return newfd;
}

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I know that it has something to do with passing the structure to the funtion, I'm just unclear as to what it is.

This is how I am calling the function

Code:

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if ((newfd = connector( sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&client, fdmax, &master))==-1)
{
        perror("connector");
        close(newfd);
}

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client is a pointer to a sockaddr structure. However, in the following line, the function treats it as a reference instead of a pointer.

// Error
inet_ntoa(client.sin_addr), newfd);

// Solution
inet_ntoa(client->sin_addr), newfd);

Kuphryn

Didn't want to start a new thred with the same title. It runs now but It doesn't seem to bind to a port, as nmap does not show a service running on the desired port and no connections are being accepted.

Code:

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#include "list.h"
#define portnum 55555
#define backlog 20


struct sockaddr_in serv;
struct sockaddr_in client;

int main()
{
        int sock[backlog];              //array of client sockets
        int sockfd, newfd;                //serv socket and client
        fd_set read, master;
        int fdmax;
        int i, j;
        int index = 1;
        int yes = 1;
        long flags;       
        int addrlen;

        if ( (sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1 )
        {
                printf("Socket\n");
                exit(errno);
        }

        if (setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &yes, sizeof(int)) == -1)
        {
                printf("setsockopt\n");
                exit(1);
        }

        serv.sin_family = AF_INET;
        serv.sin_port = htonl(portnum);
        serv.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
        memset(&(serv.sin_zero), '\0', 8);

        if (bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&serv, sizeof(struct sockaddr)) == -1)
        {
                printf("bind\n");
                exit(errno);
        }
       
        if ( listen( sockfd, backlog ) == -1 )
        {
                printf("listen\n");
                exit(errno);
        }
        printf("Listening...\n");               

        FD_ZERO(&read);
        FD_ZERO(&master);

        FD_SET( sockfd, &master );
        fdmax = sockfd;
        sock[0] = fdmax;

        list_free(); i=0;
        //snipped

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