26 Mar
2007
26 Mar
'07
11:13 a.m.
Hi all! I am using the Radius-Pam module, on an embbeded ppc (windriver linux) system, and I have a question. I have noticed, that when configuring my box with a DNS server, then once a user attempts login, a call is attempted at the radius server and some kind of query is sent to the DNS server. Looking into the code revealed that there is a call to gethostbyname(), intended to resolve the ip of myself according to my hostname - or at least that is what I could figure out from the available code. Why is it done, and how bad would it be if I changed that call to something simpler that won't demand a connection to the DNS server? Thanks in advance, Nir Rachmel.