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-rw-r--r--source4/lib/util.c5
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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)) {