On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 jaharkes_at_cs.cmu.edu wrote:

> > +    if(inet_aton(AuthHost, &hident.Value.InetAddress))
> 
> inet_aton returns 0 on success

Not here it doesn't.

>From the Linux inet_aton man page:
       inet_aton() converts the Internet host address cp from the
       standard numbers-and-dots notation into  binary  data  and
       stores  it  in the structure that inp points to. inet_aton
       returns nonzero if the address is valid, zero if not.

>From the Linux libc info page:
 - Function: int inet_aton (const char *NAME, struct in_addr *ADDR)
     This function converts the Internet host address NAME from the
     standard numbers-and-dots notation into binary data and stores it
     in the `struct in_addr' that ADDR points to.  `inet_aton' returns
     nonzero if the address is valid, zero if not.

>From the IRIX man page:
     The inet_aton routine interprets the specified character
     string as an Internet address, placing the address into the structure
     provided.  It returns 1 if the string was successfully interpreted, or 0
     if the string is invalid.

I've attached the inet_aton() compatibility routine I use in ORBit, in
case it is of any use...
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