How to bind socket to an interface in python (socket.SO_BINDTODEVICE missing)

Question

This is probably a very simple thing. I\'m new to python so don\'t crucify me.

s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_         


        

Answer 1

In Python, SO_BINDTODEVICE is present in IN module. Importing IN will solve the problem.

import socket
import IN

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, IN.SO_BINDTODEVICE, "eth0")