From RT#6922. When we're converting a host/service pair into a principal name, specify AF_UNSPEC instead of AF_INET4 and then maybe AF_INET6 to try to avoid libc having doing a PTR lookup because we also specify AI_CANONNAME. Add AI_ADDRCONFIG because it's usually the right idea. Index: src/lib/krb5/os/sn2princ.c =================================================================== --- src/lib/krb5/os/sn2princ.c (revision 24976) +++ src/lib/krb5/os/sn2princ.c (revision 24977) @@ -105,19 +105,12 @@ hostnames associated. */ memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints)); - hints.ai_family = AF_INET; - hints.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME; - try_getaddrinfo_again: + hints.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME | AI_ADDRCONFIG; err = getaddrinfo(hostname, 0, &hints, &ai); if (err) { #ifdef DEBUG_REFERRALS printf("sname_to_princ: probably punting due to bad hostname of %s\n",hostname); #endif - if (hints.ai_family == AF_INET) { - /* Just in case it's an IPv6-only name. */ - hints.ai_family = 0; - goto try_getaddrinfo_again; - } return KRB5_ERR_BAD_HOSTNAME; } remote_host = strdup(ai->ai_canonname ? ai->ai_canonname : hostname);