- Don't permanently fail on bind() if getaddrinfo has more choices left for

us. Needed to work around messy IPv6 on Linux. Patch from Arkadiusz
   Miskiewicz <misiek@pld.org.pl>

CREDITS

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Theo de Raadt, and Dug Song - Creators of OpenSSH
 Andrew Stribblehill <a.d.stribblehill@durham.ac.uk> - Bugfixes
 Andre Lucas <andre.lucas@dial.pipex.com> - build, login and many other fixes
 Andy Sloane <andy@guildsoftware.com> - bugfixes
+Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <misiek@pld.org.pl> - IPv6 compat fixes
 Ben Taylor <bent@clark.net> - Solaris debugging and fixes
 Chip Salzenberg <chip@valinux.com> - Assorted patches
 Chris Saia <csaia@wtower.com> - SuSE packaging

ChangeLog

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 20000303
  - Added "make host-key" target, Suggestion from Dominik Brettnacher
  <domi@saargate.de>
+ - Don't permanently fail on bind() if getaddrinfo has more choices left for 
+   us. Needed to work around messy IPv6 on Linux. Patch from Arkadiusz
+   Miskiewicz <misiek@pld.org.pl>
 
 20000302
  - Big cleanup of autoconf code

channels.c

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$Id: channels.c,v 1.16 2000/01/17 02:22:55 damien Exp $");
+RCSID("$Id: channels.c,v 1.17 2000/03/03 11:35:33 damien Exp $");
 
 #include "ssh.h"
 #include "packet.h"
@@ -935,7 +935,11 @@ channel_request_local_forwarding(u_short port, const char *host,
 		/* Bind the socket to the address. */
 		if (bind(sock, ai->ai_addr, ai->ai_addrlen) < 0) {
 			/* address can be in use ipv6 address is already bound */
-			verbose("bind: %.100s", strerror(errno));
+			if (!ai->ai_next)
+				error("bind: %.100s", strerror(errno));
+			else
+				verbose("bind: %.100s", strerror(errno));
+				
 			close(sock);
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -1199,6 +1203,10 @@ x11_create_display_inet(int screen_number, int x11_display_offset)
 				debug("bind port %d: %.100s", port, strerror(errno));
 				shutdown(sock, SHUT_RDWR);
 				close(sock);
+
+				if (ai->ai_next)
+					continue;
+
 				for (n = 0; n < num_socks; n++) {
 					shutdown(socks[n], SHUT_RDWR);
 					close(socks[n]);

sshd.c

@@ -558,7 +558,8 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 			debug("Bind to port %s on %s.", strport, ntop);
 
 			/* Bind the socket to the desired port. */
-			if (bind(listen_sock, ai->ai_addr, ai->ai_addrlen) < 0) {
+			if ((bind(listen_sock, ai->ai_addr, ai->ai_addrlen) < 0) &&
+				 (!ai->ai_next)) {
 				error("Bind to port %s on %s failed: %.200s.",
 				    strport, ntop, strerror(errno));
 				close(listen_sock);