+static void sigalrm_handler(int sig) { }
+
+static struct nsctl *request(char *host, int port, int type, int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ static struct nsctl res;
+ struct sockaddr_in peer;
+ socklen_t len = sizeof(peer);
+ struct hostent *h = gethostbyname(host);
+ int fd;
+ char buf[NSCTL_MAX_PKT_SZ];
+ int sz;
+ char *err;
+
+ if (!h || h->h_addrtype != AF_INET)
+ {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid host `%s'\n", me, host);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if ((fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP)) < 0)
+ {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't create udp socket (%s)\n", me, strerror(errno));
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ memset(&peer, 0, len);
+ peer.sin_family = AF_INET;
+ peer.sin_port = htons(port);
+ memcpy(&peer.sin_addr.s_addr, h->h_addr, sizeof(peer.sin_addr.s_addr));
+
+ if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &peer, sizeof(peer)) < 0)
+ {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: udp connect failed (%s)\n", me, strerror(errno));
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if ((sz = pack_control(buf, sizeof(buf), type, argc, argv)) < 0)
+ {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: error packing request\n", me);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (debug)
+ {
+ struct nsctl req;
+ if (unpack_control(&req, buf, sz) == type)