1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source3/lib/util.c b/source3/lib/util.c
index 3bc96e1034..e9ece49170 100644
--- a/source3/lib/util.c
+++ b/source3/lib/util.c
@@ -4047,11 +4047,20 @@ struct hostent *Get_Hostbyname(char *name)
       exit(0);
     }
 
+   
+  /* 
+   * This next test is redundent and causes some systems (with
+   * broken isalnum() calls) problems.
+   * JRA.
+   */
+
+#if 0
   if (!isalnum(*name2))
     {
       free(name2);
       return(NULL);
     }
+#endif /* 0 */
 
   ret = sys_gethostbyname(name2);
   if (ret != NULL)