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Diffstat (limited to 'env.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | env.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void envquery(int argc, char **argv) strcat(rcfile, RCFILE_NAME); } -char *host_fqdn(void) +char *host_fqdn(int required /** barf if the name cannot be resolved */) /* get the FQDN of the machine we're running */ { char tmpbuf[HOSTLEN+1]; @@ -163,7 +163,13 @@ char *host_fqdn(void) fprintf(stderr, GT_("gethostbyname failed for %s\n"), tmpbuf); fprintf(stderr, "%s", gai_strerror(e)); - exit(PS_DNS); + fprintf(stderr, GT_("Cannot find my own host in hosts database to qualify it!\n")); + if (required) + exit(PS_DNS); + else { + fprintf(stderr, GT_("Trying to continue with unqualified hostname.\nDO NOT report broken Received: headers, HELO/EHLO lines or similar problems!\nDO repair your /etc/hosts, DNS, NIS or LDAP instead.\n")); + return 0; + } } result = xstrdup(res->ai_canonname); |