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net-tool utilities that use INET_rresolve() (like netstat) will fail to resolve hostnames from the IP addresses on big-endian hosts (e.g. ppc64, s390x). The DNS query that is sent out ends up being: PTR? 0.0.0.0.in-addr.arpa. This is because "ad" and "host_ad" are being incorrectly set to "unsigned long". sin->sin_addr.s_addr and the return from ntohl() are uint32_t. On 64bit, big-endian architectures, the gethostbyaddr() call is looking at the upper 4 bytes (which are zero in this situation). The following change resolves (pardon the pun) this issue: --- net-tools-1.60.orig/lib/inet.c 2012-03-15 12:16:04.403849459 -0700 +++ net-tools-1.60/lib/inet.c 2012-03-15 12:18:46.503205339 -0700 @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ struct hostent *ent; struct netent *np; struct addr *pn; - unsigned long ad, host_ad; + uint32_t ad, host_ad; int host = 0;
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Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017-0600.html