When ipHostNumber contains an ipv6 address, getent returns a wrong address on RHEL5
Issue
- When ipHostNumber contains an ipv6 address, getent returns a wrong address on RHEL5
Sample log:
# ldapsearch -LLL -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com" -w password -h ldapsrv1 -b "dc=example,dc=com" cn=rhel511
dn: cn=rhel511,ou=hosts,dc=example,dc=com
cn: rhel511
ipHostNumber: 3ffe:ffff:ffff::9
objectClass: ipHost
objectClass: top
objectClass: device
# getent ahostsv6 rhel511
ffff:ffff:3500:96c:6461:7031:2e6e:6174 STREAM rhel511
ffff:ffff:3500:96c:6461:7031:2e6e:6174 DGRAM
ffff:ffff:3500:96c:6461:7031:2e6e:6174 RAW
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- nss_ldap
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