DOCERR: Setting of SO_DEBUG Option Is Ignored by Winsock Apps

ID: Q138965


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SUMMARY

The Windows Sockets specification (Winsock) version 1.1 provides for an application to set the SO_DEBUG option by calling the setsockopt() API.

Although a call to set this option succeeds (doesn't return SOCKET_ERROR), the setting is ignored by all Microsoft Windows Sockets implementations. This includes the Winsock implementations for:


Keywords          : kbnetwork kbdocerr kbAPI kbNTOS310 kbNTOS350 kbNTOS351 kbSDKPlatform kbWinOS95 kbWinsock kbWinOS311 kbGrpNet 
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Last Reviewed: March 6, 1999