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-rw-r--r--source4/lib/socket/socket.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source4/lib/socket/socket.c b/source4/lib/socket/socket.c
index 41638b3d72..369cf5ff36 100644
--- a/source4/lib/socket/socket.c
+++ b/source4/lib/socket/socket.c
@@ -473,6 +473,11 @@ _PUBLIC_ struct socket_address *socket_address_from_strings(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
return NULL;
}
+ if (strcmp(family, "ip") == 0 && is_ipaddress_v6(host)) {
+ /* leaving as "ip" would force IPv4 */
+ family = "ipv6";
+ }
+
addr->family = family;
addr->addr = talloc_strdup(addr, host);
if (!addr->addr) {