Description of problem: systemd_myhostname returns ipv6 address for local host even when ipv6 is disabled Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): glibc-2.28-225.el8.x86_64 systemd-libs-239-74.el8_8.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Disable IPv6 # sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1 2. Set the host name to something *not* in /etc/hosts nor in DNS # hostnamectl set-hostname nowhere # hostname nowhere # hostname -f nowhere 3. Query the hosts database using the three services: # getent -s files hosts nowhere # getent -s dns hosts nowhere # getent -s myhostname hosts nowhere Actual results: ::1 nowhere localhost Expected results: The machine IPv4 address, e.g. 192.168.122.71 nowhere Additional info: Same results are seen on RHEL 9. It should not return an IPv6 address with net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1. Repeating the same test on a fully updated RHEL 7.9, we get # getent -s myhostname hosts nowhere 192.168.122.71 nowhere