Gerhard Lausser wrote:
>
> Hi Ethan,
>
>> i just tried to compile the cvs version of nrpe on a solaris
>> 2.6 machine.
> i had a closer look at it, so i will answer myself...
>
> The problem is the IPv6 support. What was a good intention prevents a
> successful compilation of the is_an_allowed_host function. INET6_ADDRSTRLEN
> and inet_ntop are not available in elder operating systems. (I do not say
> deprecated, because you still find Solaris2.6 machines everywhere).
> The IPv6-awareness also is a bit ahead, as throughout of nrpe.c inet_ntoa is
> used.
> So i made a patch which makes the DNS lookup in is_an_allowed_host IPv4-only
> again.
>
> Greetings from Munich,
> Gerhard
>
Thanks for the note. I'll get this applied to CVS shortly.
Ethan Galstad,
Nagios Developer
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