Make rcmdsh(3) not fail if it is passed a non resolvable hostname.

Instead, silently ignore the fact and instead let the underlying
ssh (or $RSH) command handle it.

ok millert@

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libc/net/rcmdsh.c b/src/lib/libc/net/rcmdsh.c
index 7404a6d597..ab86475c84 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/net/rcmdsh.c
+++ b/src/lib/libc/net/rcmdsh.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*      $OpenBSD: rcmdsh.c,v 1.13 2014/04/24 18:56:24 jmc Exp $ */ 
+/*      $OpenBSD: rcmdsh.c,v 1.14 2015/03/23 22:29:32 halex Exp $       */ 
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2001, MagniComp
@@ -74,12 +74,9 @@ rcmdsh(char **ahost, int rport, const char *locuser, const char *remuser,
 
         /* Validate remote hostname. */
         if (strcmp(*ahost, "localhost") != 0) {
-                if (((hp = gethostbyname2(*ahost, AF_INET)) == NULL) &&
-                    ((hp = gethostbyname2(*ahost, AF_INET6)) == NULL)) {
-                        herror(*ahost);
-                        return(-1);
-                }
-                *ahost = hp->h_name;
+                if ((hp = gethostbyname2(*ahost, AF_INET)) ||
+                    (hp = gethostbyname2(*ahost, AF_INET6)))
+                        *ahost = hp->h_name;
         }
 
         /* Get a socketpair we'll use for stdin and stdout. */