statd fixes

[nfs-utils.git] / utils / statd / rmtcall.c

diff --git a/utils/statd/rmtcall.c b/utils/statd/rmtcall.c
index 911a93236937245b2f9505faf9e6795c71ce623c..f6798f9b29b9e5623dd9617dd529b09b8b5cad34 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/statd/rmtcall.c
+++ b/utils/statd/rmtcall.c
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ statd_get_socket(int port)
        memset(&sin, 0, sizeof(sin));
        sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
        sin.sin_port = port;
+       /*
+        * If a local hostname is given (-n option to statd), bind to the address
+        * specified. This is required to support clients that ignore the mon_name in
+        * the statd protocol but use the source address from the request packet.
+        */
+       if (MY_NAME) {
+               struct hostent *hp = gethostbyname(MY_NAME);
+               if (hp)
+                       sin.sin_addr = *(struct in_addr *) hp->h_addr;
+       }
        if (bindresvport(sockfd, &sin) < 0) {
                dprintf(N_WARNING,
                        "process_hosts: can't bind to reserved port\n");