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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/syslogd.c b/tools/syslogd.c
index 61b56847..6879bafa 100644
--- a/tools/syslogd.c
+++ b/tools/syslogd.c
@@ -2688,8 +2688,28 @@ int realMain(int argc, char **argv)
*/
hent = gethostbyname((char*)LocalHostName);
if(hent) {
+ int i = 0;
+
+ if(hent->h_aliases) {
+ size_t hnlen;
+
+ hnlen = strlen((char *) LocalHostName);
+
+ for (i = 0; hent->h_aliases[i]; i++) {
+ if (!strncmp(hent->h_aliases[i], (char *) LocalHostName, hnlen)
+ && hent->h_aliases[i][hnlen] == '.') {
+ /* found a matching hostname */
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
free(LocalHostName);
- CHKmalloc(LocalHostName = (uchar*)strdup(hent->h_name));
+ if(hent->h_aliases && hent->h_aliases[i]) {
+ CHKmalloc(LocalHostName = (uchar*)strdup(hent->h_aliases[i]));
+ } else {
+ CHKmalloc(LocalHostName = (uchar*)strdup(hent->h_name));
+ }
if((p = (uchar*)strchr((char*)LocalHostName, '.')))
{