Description of problem: on systems with glibc-2.2.93-5, you can connect to localhost by typing 'telnet 0 [port]' on systems with glibc-2.3.2-4.80.6, typing telnet 0 returns telnet: 0: Name or service not known 0: Unknown host Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 8 How reproducible: example, on a mail server, 'telnet 0 25' should connect to localhost:25 Steps to Reproduce: 1. telnet 0 25 2. 3. Actual results: telnet: 0: Name or service not known 0: Unknown host Expected results: Trying 0.0.0.0... Connected to 0. Escape character is '^]'. Additional info: This has only been seen on systems running glibc-2.3 or higher
Seems to work with current versions. If there was such a bug (I don't say there wasn't) it has been fixed meanwhile.