+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #531849 +++

Description of problem:
The patch openssh-4.3p2-gssapi-canohost.patch , named patch49 in the spec file, fixes an instance where the DNS name changes such as a DNS round robin.  The problem is that if for any reason get_canonical_hostname returns "UNKNOWN", such as the case where the connection is not a socket connection but a pipe (ProxyConnect nc ... ) then gssapi will always fail.

This patch replaces the older patch so that it reverts to the old pre-patch behavior if get_canonical_hostname fails.  The older behavior uses the hostname provided by the user.

Steven (smilner@redhat.com) mentioned also that using the string "UNKNOWN" as a failure might cause problems with the corner case of a host named "unknown".  Possibly a better failure return for get_canonical_hostname would help there (a null string?)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openssh-5.2p1-28

How reproducible:
Attempt to use GSSAPI auth through a pipe proxy

Steps to Reproduce:
1. ssh -D 9999 my.bastion.host -N -f
2. ssh -oProxyCommand="/usr/bin/nc -X 5 -x localhost:9999 %h %p" my.host.with.gssapi
  
Actual results:
GSSAPI tries to canonicalize "UNKNOWN" via DNS queries and fails.

Expected results:
GSSAPI auth works correctly and allows access.

--- Additional comment from jchadima@redhat.com on 2009-11-02 08:37:07 EST ---

Patch applied in f13 and f12 also.

--- Additional comment from fedora-triage-list@redhat.com on 2009-11-16 09:36:30 EST ---


This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 12 development cycle.
Changing version to '12'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping