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Diffstat (limited to 'source4/lib/util.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | source4/lib/util.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source4/lib/util.c b/source4/lib/util.c index 308d1b6f45..03ae86422f 100644 --- a/source4/lib/util.c +++ b/source4/lib/util.c @@ -339,6 +339,11 @@ uint32_t interpret_addr(const char *str) if (strcmp(str,"255.255.255.255") == 0) { return 0xFFFFFFFF; } + /* recognise 'localhost' as a special name. This fixes problems with + some hosts that don't have localhost in /etc/hosts */ + if (strcmp(str,"localhost") == 0) { + str = "127.0.0.1"; + } /* if it's in the form of an IP address then get the lib to interpret it */ if (is_ipaddress(str)) { |