tags 472001 + moreinfo thanks * David Bremner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-03-21 18:27]: > Although the documentation says hostnames are supported, specifying > "server = localhost" does not work, although > "server = 127.0.0.1" does
How do you notice that it does not? Cause it works fine here. Looking at the code I see also no reason why this should not work: unsigned int resolve_ip(char *host, int showmsg, int allownames) { struct hostent *new; unsigned int hostaddr; struct in_addr *ip; if ((hostaddr = inet_addr(host)) == (unsigned int) -1) { /* We couldn't convert it as a numerical ip so */ /* try it as a dns name */ if (allownames) { #ifdef HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME if ((new = gethostbyname(host)) == (struct hostent *) 0) { #endif return(-1); #ifdef HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME } else { ip = ((struct in_addr *) * new->h_addr_list); hostaddr = ip -> s_addr; if (showmsg) printf("Connecting to %s...\n", inet_ntoa(*ip)); } #endif } else return(-1); } return (hostaddr); } So if the address is no numerical address (inet_addr(host)) gethostbyname is used to resolve it. Kind regards Nico -- Nico Golde - http://www.ngolde.de - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - GPG: 0x73647CFF For security reasons, all text in this mail is double-rot13 encrypted.
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