5 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/source4/lib/socket/connect.c b/source4/lib/socket/connect.c
index 567c8f41d2..bb4d7cc843 100644
--- a/source4/lib/socket/connect.c
+++ b/source4/lib/socket/connect.c
@@ -74,15 +74,20 @@ NTSTATUS socket_connect_ev(struct socket_context *sock,
 {
 	TALLOC_CTX *tmp_ctx = talloc_new(sock);
 	NTSTATUS status;
-	
+
 	/*
 	  we resolve separately to ensure that the name resolutions happens
 	  asynchronously
+
+	  the check for ipv4 is ugly, but how to do it better? We don't want
+	  to try to resolve unix pathnames here
 	*/
-	status = connect_resolve(tmp_ctx, server_address, ev, &server_address);
-	if (!NT_STATUS_IS_OK(status)) {
-		talloc_free(tmp_ctx);
-		return status;
+	if (strcmp(sock->backend_name, "ipv4") == 0) {
+		status = connect_resolve(tmp_ctx, server_address, ev, &server_address);
+		if (!NT_STATUS_IS_OK(status)) {
+			talloc_free(tmp_ctx);
+			return status;
+		}
 	}
 
 	set_blocking(socket_get_fd(sock), False);
diff --git a/source4/lib/socket/socket.h b/source4/lib/socket/socket.h
index 8645ba28bc..27a1dfe041 100644
--- a/source4/lib/socket/socket.h
+++ b/source4/lib/socket/socket.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ struct socket_context {
 
 	void *private_data;
 	const struct socket_ops *ops;
+	const char *backend_name;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/source4/lib/socket/socket_ipv4.c b/source4/lib/socket/socket_ipv4.c
index 0fc65698c4..9c393a77ec 100644
--- a/source4/lib/socket/socket_ipv4.c
+++ b/source4/lib/socket/socket_ipv4.c
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ static NTSTATUS ipv4_init(struct socket_context *sock)
 		return map_nt_error_from_unix(errno);
 	}
 
+	sock->backend_name = "ipv4";
+
 	return NT_STATUS_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/source4/lib/socket/socket_ipv6.c b/source4/lib/socket/socket_ipv6.c
index 58e35d87de..da3a69e81e 100644
--- a/source4/lib/socket/socket_ipv6.c
+++ b/source4/lib/socket/socket_ipv6.c
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ static NTSTATUS ipv6_tcp_init(struct socket_context *sock)
 		return map_nt_error_from_unix(errno);
 	}
 
+	sock->backend_name = "ipv6";
+
 	return NT_STATUS_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/source4/lib/socket/socket_unix.c b/source4/lib/socket/socket_unix.c
index 9c19aaace5..c5af48da0f 100644
--- a/source4/lib/socket/socket_unix.c
+++ b/source4/lib/socket/socket_unix.c
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ static NTSTATUS unixdom_init(struct socket_context *sock)
 	}
 	sock->private_data = NULL;
 
+	sock->backend_name = "unix";
+
 	return NT_STATUS_OK;
 }