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#### 16.9.4 Who is Connected to Me?

— Function: int getpeername (int socket, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *length-ptr)

> The `getpeername` function returns the address of the socket that socket is connected to; it stores the address in the memory space specified by addr and length-ptr. It stores the length of the address in `*`length-ptr.

> See Socket Addresses, for information about the format of the address. In some operating systems, `getpeername` works only for sockets in the Internet domain.

> The return value is `0` on success and `-1` on error. The following `errno` error conditions are defined for this function:

> `EBADF`
>   The argument socket is not a valid file descriptor.
> `ENOTSOCK`
>   The descriptor socket is not a socket.
> `ENOTCONN`
>   The socket socket is not connected.
> `ENOBUFS`
>   There are not enough internal buffers available.