From 62296c6450c3104df51d51aa47ad4b74faae7e6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: brian <brian@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 22:17:48 +0000
Subject: Allow hosts specified by IP number (avoiding a DNS lookup) Update doc
 including the [host:]port syntax.

---
 usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.8 | 15 +++++++++------
 usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

(limited to 'usr.sbin/pppctl')

diff --git a/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.8 b/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.8
index 8a3afe7..211d0e6 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id:$
+.\" $Id: pppctl.8,v 1.1 1997/06/28 01:04:52 brian Exp $
 .Dd 26 June 1997
 .Os FreeBSD
 .Dt PPPCTL 8
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PPP control program
 .Op Fl v
 .Op Fl t Ar n
 .Op Fl p Ar passwd
-.Ar Port | LocalSocket
+.Ar [host:]Port | LocalSocket
 .Ar command
 .Op Ar ;command
 .Ar ...
@@ -26,11 +26,14 @@ expects at least two arguments.  The first is interpreted as the
 socket on which the
 .Nm ppp
 daemon is listening.  If the socket contains a leading '/', it
-is taken as an AF_LOCAL socket.  If it consists entirely of numbers,
-it is interpreted as a TCP port number on localhost.  If it contains
-any characters, the first of which is not a '/' character, it is
-interpreted as an entry of type "tcp" from
+is taken as an AF_LOCAL socket.  If it contains a colon, it is
+treated as a host:port pair, otherwise it is treated as just a
+port specification on the local machine (127.0.0.1).  Both the
+host and port may be specified numerically if you wish to avoid
+a DNS lookup or don't have an entry for the given port in
 .Pa /etc/services .
+
+.Pp
 All remaining arguments are concatenated to form the command(s) that
 will be sent to the
 .Nm ppp
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.c b/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.c
index 323c3dd..ca0748a 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <signal.h>
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         }
     } else {
         char *port, *host, *colon;
+	int hlen;
 
         colon = strchr(argv[arg], ':');
         if (colon) {
@@ -178,15 +180,24 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
             host = argv[arg];
         } else {
             port = argv[arg];
-            host = "localhost";
+            host = "127.0.0.1";
         }
         sock = (struct sockaddr *)&ifsin;
         socksz = sizeof ifsin;
+        hlen = strlen(host);
 
-        if ((h = gethostbyname(host)) == 0) {
+        if (strspn(host, "0123456789.") == hlen) {
+            if (!inet_aton(host, (struct in_addr *)&ifsin.sin_addr.s_addr)) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "Cannot translate %s\n", host);
+                return 1;
+            }
+        } else if ((h = gethostbyname(host)) == 0) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Cannot resolve %s\n", host);
             return 1;
         }
+        else
+            ifsin.sin_addr.s_addr = *(u_long *)h->h_addr_list[0];
+
         if (colon)
             *colon = ':';
 
@@ -201,7 +212,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         ifsin.sin_len = sizeof(ifsin);
         ifsin.sin_family = AF_INET;
-        ifsin.sin_addr.s_addr = *(u_long *)h->h_addr_list[0];
 
         if (fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0), fd < 0) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Cannot create internet socket\n");
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