2 files changed, 20 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2d19664..7170b19 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
           to check DHCP servers on remote networks
         New check_dhcp -m/--mac option which allows for specifying the MAC
           address to use in the DHCP request
+        The check_dhcp -r and -s options now accept host names, too
 
 1.4.9 4th June 2006
         Inclusion of contrib/check_cluster2 as check_cluster with some improvements
diff --git a/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
index a0f150f..c6e5af8 100644
--- a/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
+++ b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ int validate_arguments(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 void print_help(void);
 
+void resolve_host(const char *in,struct in_addr *out);
 unsigned char *mac_aton(const char *);
 void print_hardware_address(const unsigned char *);
 int get_hardware_address(int,char *);
@@ -1089,7 +1090,6 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv){
 int call_getopt(int argc, char **argv){
         int c=0;
         int i=0;
-        struct in_addr ipaddress;
 
         int option_index = 0;
         static struct option long_options[] =
@@ -1128,27 +1128,13 @@ int call_getopt(int argc, char **argv){
                 switch(c){
 
                 case 's': /* DHCP server address */
-                        if(inet_aton(optarg,&ipaddress)){
-                                add_requested_server(ipaddress);
-                                inet_aton(optarg, &dhcp_ip);
-                                if (verbose)
-                                        printf("querying %s\n",inet_ntoa(dhcp_ip));
-                        }
-                        /*
-                        else
-                                usage("Invalid server IP address\n");
-                        */
+                        resolve_host(optarg,&dhcp_ip);
+                        add_requested_server(dhcp_ip);
                         break;
 
                 case 'r': /* address we are requested from DHCP servers */
-                        if(inet_aton(optarg,&ipaddress)){
-                                requested_address=ipaddress;
-                                request_specific_address=TRUE;
-                                }
-                        /*
-                        else
-                                usage("Invalid requested IP address\n");
-                        */
+                        resolve_host(optarg,&requested_address);
+                        request_specific_address=TRUE;
                         break;
 
                 case 't': /* timeout */
@@ -1352,6 +1338,20 @@ long mac_addr_dlpi( const char *dev, int unit, u_char  *addr){
 #endif
 
 
+/* resolve host name or die (TODO: move this to netutils.c!) */
+void resolve_host(const char *in,struct in_addr *out){
+        struct addrinfo hints, *ai;
+
+        memset(&hints,0,sizeof(hints));
+        hints.ai_family=PF_INET;
+        if (getaddrinfo(in,NULL,&hints,&ai) != 0)
+                usage_va(_("Invalid hostname/address - %s"),optarg);
+
+        memcpy(out,&((struct sockaddr_in *)ai->ai_addr)->sin_addr,sizeof(*out));
+        freeaddrinfo(ai);
+        }
+
+
 /* parse MAC address string, return 6 bytes (unterminated) or NULL */
 unsigned char *mac_aton(const char *string){
         static unsigned char result[6];