Net utilities for Python

[Benny]

I had a look at the standard modules but couldn't find anything, was curious if python has any way to do simple network things such as "ping" and "gethostbyaddr"?

I'm guessing a ping function could be created using the socket module or some sort, but has anyone come across this functionality built in (or an already made module)?

Cheers.

[Bradmont]

socket stuff: http://python.org/doc/current/lib/module-socket.html

that has gethostbyname, etc, in general, look here: http://python.org/doc/current/lib/lib.html for any module documentation.

[Benny]

oooh so it does.

Damn I must be blind - I looked throug the socket module docs....oh well.

Thanks Bradmont.

[inkedmn]

most of the major internet protocols have their own python libs (ftplib, smtplib, poplib, telnetlib, etc.)

[jemfinch]

"ping" requires sending ICMP packets, which requires SOCK_RAW, something that's not available in every operating system. It also requires root privileges in most operating systems.

You might look into a Python binding for libpcap, a library that makes use of SOCK_RAW a bit easier.

Jeremy

[Benny]

Originally posted by jemfinch
"ping" requires sending ICMP packets, which requires SOCK_RAW, something that's not available in every operating system. It also requires root privileges in most operating systems.

You might look into a Python binding for libpcap, a library that makes use of SOCK_RAW a bit easier.


Ah okay, cheers.

I was just curious cause I know Perl has Net::Ping and was just wondering if python had anything similar.

A ping utility would have helped with a little script I was writing, ended up having to do it in Perl instead - Yuk.....