From bd89e49ed771ff8677cf0e8aa4b0d40eaa0c39b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Crittenden <rcritten@redhat.com>
Date: Apr 24 2013 13:28:57 +0000
Subject: Handle socket.gethostbyaddr() exceptions when verifying hostnames.


Log any socket exceptions raised and let the process continue. This
failure isn't a show-stopper. Other checks past this will catch any
other problems.

This was seen when /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf were both empty.

https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/3581

---

diff --git a/ipaserver/install/installutils.py b/ipaserver/install/installutils.py
index 600acfe..bc28dec 100644
--- a/ipaserver/install/installutils.py
+++ b/ipaserver/install/installutils.py
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ def verify_fqdn(host_name, no_host_dns=False, local_hostname=True):
                         "Please check /etc/hosts or DNS name resolution" % (host_name, ex_name[0]))
         except socket.gaierror:
             pass
+        except socket.error, e:
+            root_logger.debug('socket.gethostbyaddr() error: %d: %s' % (e.errno, e.strerror))
 
     if no_host_dns:
         print "Warning: skipping DNS resolution of host", host_name