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NETSTAT(8) Linux System Administrator’s Manual NETSTAT(8)

NAME

netstat – Print network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast memberships

SYNOPSIS

       netstat  [address_family_options]  [--tcp|-t]  [--udp|-u]  [--udplite|-U]  [--sctp|-S]  [--raw|-w]  [--l2cap|-2]  [--rfcomm|-f]  [--listening|-l]
       [--all|-a] [--numeric|-n] [--numeric-hosts] [--numeric-ports] [--numeric-users] [--symbolic|-N] [--extend|-e[--extend|-e]] [--timers|-o]  [--proâАР
       gram|-p] [--verbose|-v] [--continuous|-c] [--wide|-W]

       netstat {--route|-r} [address_family_options] [--extend|-e[--extend|-e]] [--verbose|-v] [--numeric|-n] [--numeric-hosts] [--numeric-ports] [--nuâАР
       meric-users] [--continuous|-c]

       netstat {--interfaces|-i} [--all|-a] [--extend|-e[--extend|-e]] [--verbose|-v] [--program|-p] [--numeric|-n] [--numeric-hosts]  [--numeric-ports]
       [--numeric-users] [--continuous|-c]

       netstat {--groups|-g} [--numeric|-n] [--numeric-hosts] [--numeric-ports] [--numeric-users] [--continuous|-c]

       netstat {--masquerade|-M} [--extend|-e] [--numeric|-n] [--numeric-hosts] [--numeric-ports] [--numeric-users] [--continuous|-c]

       netstat {--statistics|-s} [--tcp|-t] [--udp|-u] [--udplite|-U] [--sctp|-S] [--raw|-w]

       netstat {--version|-V}

       netstat {--help|-h}

       address_family_options:

       [-4|--inet]  [-6|--inet6]  [--protocol={inet,inet6,unix,ipx,ax25,netrom,ddp,bluetooth, ... } ] [--unix|-x] [--inet|--ip|--tcpip] [--ax25] [--x25]
       [--rose] [--ash] [--bluetooth] [--ipx] [--netrom] [--ddp|--appletalk] [--econet|--ec]

NOTES

       This program is mostly obsolete.  Replacement for netstat is ss.  Replacement for netstat -r is ip route.  Replacement for netstat -i  is  ip  -s
       link.  Replacement for netstat -g is ip maddr.

DESCRIPTION

       Netstat  prints  information  about the Linux networking subsystem.  The type of information printed is controlled by the first argument, as folâАР
       lows:

(none)

       By default, netstat displays a list of open sockets.  If you don't specify any address families, then the active sockets of  all  configured  adâАР
       dress families will be printed.

–route, -r

Display the kernel routing tables. See the description in route(8) for details. netstat -r and route -e produce the same output.

–groups, -g

Display multicast group membership information for IPv4 and IPv6.

–interfaces, -i

Display a table of all network interfaces.

–masquerade, -M

Display a list of masqueraded connections.

–statistics, -s

Display summary statistics for each protocol.

OPTIONS

–verbose, -v

Tell the user what is going on by being verbose. Especially print some useful information about unconfigured address families.

–wide, -W

Do not truncate IP addresses by using output as wide as needed. This is optional for now to not break existing scripts.

–numeric, -n

Show numerical addresses instead of trying to determine symbolic host, port or user names.

–numeric-hosts

shows numerical host addresses but does not affect the resolution of port or user names.

–numeric-ports

shows numerical port numbers but does not affect the resolution of host or user names.

–numeric-users

shows numerical user IDs but does not affect the resolution of host or port names.

–protocol=family, -A

       Specifies  the address families (perhaps better described as low level protocols) for which connections are to be shown.  family is a comma (',')
       separated list of address family keywords like inet, inet6, unix, ipx, ax25, netrom, econet, ddp, and bluetooth.  This has the same effect as usâАР
       ing the --inet|-4, --inet6|-6, --unix|-x, --ipx, --ax25, --netrom, --ddp, and --bluetooth options.

       The address family inet (Iv4) includes raw, udp, udplite and tcp protocol sockets.

       The address family bluetooth (Iv4) includes l2cap and rfcomm protocol sockets.

-c, –continuous

This will cause netstat to print the selected information every second continuously.

-e, –extend

Display additional information. Use this option twice for maximum detail.

-o, –timers

Include information related to networking timers.

-p, –program

Show the PID and name of the program to which each socket belongs.

-l, –listening

Show only listening sockets. (These are omitted by default.)

-a, –all

Show both listening and non-listening sockets. With the –interfaces option, show interfaces that are not up

-F

Print routing information from the FIB. (This is the default.)

-C

Print routing information from the route cache.

OUTPUT

Active Internet connections (TCP, UDP, UDPLite, raw) Proto

The protocol (tcp, udp, udpl, raw) used by the socket.

Recv-Q

       Established: The count of bytes not copied by the user program connected to this socket.  Listening: Since Kernel 2.6.18 this column contains the
       current syn backlog.

Send-Q

       Established: The count of bytes not acknowledged by the remote host.  Listening: Since Kernel 2.6.18 this column contains the maximum size of the
       syn backlog.

Local Address

       Address  and  port  number  of the local end of the socket.  Unless the --numeric (-n) option is specified, the socket address is resolved to its
       canonical host name (FQDN), and the port number is translated into the corresponding service name.

Foreign Address

Address and port number of the remote end of the socket. Analogous to “Local Address”.

State

       The state of the socket. Since there are no states in raw mode and usually no states used in UDP and UDPLite, this column may be left blank. NorâАР
       mally this can be one of several values:

       ESTABLISHED
              The socket has an established connection.

       SYN_SENT
              The socket is actively attempting to establish a connection.

       SYN_RECV
              A connection request has been received from the network.

       FIN_WAIT1
              The socket is closed, and the connection is shutting down.

       FIN_WAIT2
              Connection is closed, and the socket is waiting for a shutdown from the remote end.

       TIME_WAIT
              The socket is waiting after close to handle packets still in the network.

       CLOSE  The socket is not being used.

       CLOSE_WAIT
              The remote end has shut down, waiting for the socket to close.

       LAST_ACK
              The remote end has shut down, and the socket is closed. Waiting for acknowledgement.

       LISTEN The  socket is listening for incoming connections.  Such sockets are not included in the output unless you specify the --listening (-l) or
              --all (-a) option.

       CLOSING
              Both sockets are shut down but we still don't have all our data sent.

       UNKNOWN
              The state of the socket is unknown.

User

The username or the user id (UID) of the owner of the socket.

PID/Program name

       Slash-separated pair of the process id (PID) and process name of the process that owns the socket.  --program causes this column to be  included.
       You  will  also need superuser privileges to see this information on sockets you don't own.  This identification information is not yet available
       for IPX sockets.

Timer

(this needs to be written)

Active UNIX domain Sockets
Proto

The protocol (usually unix) used by the socket.

RefCnt

The reference count (i.e. attached processes via this socket).

Flags

       The flags displayed is SO_ACCEPTON (displayed as ACC), SO_WAITDATA (W) or SO_NOSPACE (N).  SO_ACCECPTON is used on unconnected sockets  if  their
       corresponding processes are waiting for a connect request. The other flags are not of normal interest.

Type

There are several types of socket access:

       SOCK_DGRAM
              The socket is used in Datagram (connectionless) mode.

       SOCK_STREAM
              This is a stream (connection) socket.

       SOCK_RAW
              The socket is used as a raw socket.

       SOCK_RDM
              This one serves reliably-delivered messages.

       SOCK_SEQPACKET
              This is a sequential packet socket.

       SOCK_PACKET
              Raw interface access socket.

       UNKNOWN
              Who ever knows what the future will bring us - just fill in here :-)

State

This field will contain one of the following Keywords:

FREE The socket is not allocated

       LISTENING
              The  socket  is  listening  for a connection request.  Such sockets are only included in the output if you specify the --listening (-l) or
              --all (-a) option.

       CONNECTING
              The socket is about to establish a connection.

       CONNECTED
              The socket is connected.

       DISCONNECTING
              The socket is disconnecting.

       (empty)
              The socket is not connected to another one.

       UNKNOWN
              This state should never happen.

PID/Program name

       Process ID (PID) and process name of the process that has the socket open.  More info available in Active Internet  connections  section  written
       above.

Path

This is the path name as which the corresponding processes attached to the socket.

Active IPX sockets

(this needs to be done by somebody who knows it)

Active NET/ROM sockets

(this needs to be done by somebody who knows it)

Active AX.25 sockets

(this needs to be done by somebody who knows it)

FILES

/etc/services — The services translation file

/proc — Mount point for the proc filesystem, which gives access to kernel status information via the following files.

/proc/net/dev — device information

/proc/net/raw — raw socket information

/proc/net/tcp — TCP socket information

/proc/net/udp — UDP socket information

/proc/net/udplite — UDPLite socket information

/proc/net/igmp — IGMP multicast information

/proc/net/unix — Unix domain socket information

/proc/net/ipx — IPX socket information

/proc/net/ax25 — AX25 socket information

/proc/net/appletalk — DDP (appletalk) socket information

/proc/net/nr — NET/ROM socket information

/proc/net/route — IP routing information

/proc/net/ax25_route — AX25 routing information

/proc/net/ipx_route — IPX routing information

/proc/net/nr_nodes — NET/ROM nodelist

/proc/net/nr_neigh — NET/ROM neighbours

/proc/net/ip_masquerade — masqueraded connections

/sys/kernel/debug/bluetooth/l2cap — Bluetooth L2CAP information

/sys/kernel/debug/bluetooth/rfcomm — Bluetooth serial connections

/proc/net/snmp — statistics

SEE ALSO

route(8), ifconfig(8), iptables(8), proc(5) ss(8) ip(8)

BUGS

Occasionally strange information may appear if a socket changes as it is viewed. This is unlikely to occur.

AUTHORS

       The  netstat user interface was written by Fred Baumgarten <dc6iq@insu1.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de>, the man page basically by Matt Welsh <mdw@tc.corâАР
       nell.edu>. It was updated by Alan Cox <Alan.Cox@linux.org>, updated again by Tuan Hoang <tqhoang@bigfoot.com>. The man page and the  command  inâАР
       cluded  in  the  net-tools  package  is  totally  rewritten  by  Bernd  Eckenfels  <ecki@linux.de>.   UDPLite  options  were added by Brian Micek
       <bmicek@gmail.com>

net-tools                                                              2014-10-07                                                             NETSTAT(8)