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-rw-r--r--src/util/pty/sane_hostname.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/pty/sane_hostname.c b/src/util/pty/sane_hostname.c
index 91a8ff422..f1ce3362d 100644
--- a/src/util/pty/sane_hostname.c
+++ b/src/util/pty/sane_hostname.c
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ pty_make_sane_hostname(const struct sockaddr *addr, int maxlen,
char lhost[MAXHOSTNAMELEN];
size_t ut_host_len;
+ /* Note that on some systems (e.g., AIX 4.3.3), we may get an IPv6
+ address such as ::FFFF:18.18.1.71 when an IPv4 connection comes
+ in. That's okay; at least on AIX, getnameinfo will deal with
+ that properly. */
+
*out = NULL;
if (maxlen && maxlen < 16)
/* assume they meant 16, otherwise IPv4 addr won't fit */