Re: what/where is ss tool ?

[Sami Farin]

On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 01:15:14PM +0100, Maciej Soltysiak wrote:
> Thanks Patrick!
> 
> Maybe we could add a line to the help so people, like me, that were
> not aware that ss exists.
> AFAICS ss appeared not so long ago, I think many distributions are
> still using versions that do not have ss.
> Or I may be wrong.
> 
> Regards,
> Maciej
> diff -ru linux.orig/net/ipv4/Kconfig linux/net/ipv4/Kconfig
> --- linux.orig/net/ipv4/Kconfig	2004-12-22 12:58:03.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux/net/ipv4/Kconfig	2004-12-22 13:00:36.000000000 +0100
> @@ -355,7 +355,8 @@
> 	default y
> 	---help---
> 	  Support for TCP socket monitoring interface used by native Linux
> -	  tools such as ss.
> +	  tools such as ss. ss comes from iproute2.
> +	  http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2/

Add also "if you wish to view IPv6 addresses (Local/Peer Address) with ss,
IPv6 support must be built into the kernel (not as a module)."

> 	  If unsure, say Y.

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