Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 00:28:11 GMT From: Mike Barcroft <mike@q9media.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/24707: [patch] Whois IP Address Handling Message-ID: <200101290028.f0T0SBR60587@ikabod.private>
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>Number: 24707
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: [patch] Whois IP Address Handling
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Jan 28 16:30:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Mike Barcroft
>Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Q9 Media
>Environment:
$FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/whois/whois.c,v 1.16 2000/07/07 07:52:21 kris Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/whois/whois.1,v 1.16 2000/11/20 19:21:19 ru Exp $
>Description:
If a host is not specified and the user enters a query of
an IP address, query whois.arin.net instead of returning:
whois: 0.whois-servers.net: No Address associated with hostname
>How-To-Repeat:
Apply patches below.
>Fix:
--- whois.c.orig Fri Jul 7 07:52:21 2000
+++ whois.c Sun Jan 28 19:08:14 2001
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
#include <err.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <stdio.h>
@@ -166,13 +167,19 @@
}
}
if (j != 0) {
- qnichost = (char *) calloc(i - j + 1 +
- strlen(QNICHOST_TAIL), sizeof(char));
- if (!qnichost) {
- err(1, "calloc");
+ if (isdigit(*(*argv + j + 1))) {
+ (void) asprintf(&qnichost, "%s",
+ ANICHOST);
+ } else {
+ qnichost = (char *) calloc(i - j
+ + 1 + strlen(QNICHOST_TAIL),
+ sizeof(char));
+ if (!qnichost) {
+ err(1, "calloc");
+ }
+ strcpy(qnichost, *argv + j + 1);
+ strcat(qnichost, QNICHOST_TAIL);
}
- strcpy(qnichost, *argv + j + 1);
- strcat(qnichost, QNICHOST_TAIL);
memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
hints.ai_flags = 0;
--- whois.1.orig Mon Jan 29 00:06:42 2001
+++ whois.1 Mon Jan 29 00:12:55 2001
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@
.Pq Tn TLD
of the supplied (single) argument, and appending ".whois-servers.net".
This effectively allows a suitable whois server to be selected
-automatically for a large number of TLDs.
+automatically for a large number of TLDs. In the event that an IP
+address is specified, the whois server will default to the American
+Registry for Internet Numbers
+.Pq Tn ARIN .
If no required whois-servers.net subdomain found, fallback
to whois.crsnic.net provided.
.It Fl i
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
>System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT
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