Name: diC59631 Date: 08/05/98


1. The error occurrs under the following circumstances:
   -nscd is not running
   -"files" is the first entry in hosts of /etc/nsswitch.conf

2. program:
import java.net.*;
 
public class LocalName
{
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception
    {
        System.out.println("InetAddress.getLocalHost(): "
            + InetAddress.getLocalHost());
    }
}

3. The output is the first host in /etc/hosts (which
   may be any host).

The problem seems to appear in any Java Version
including 1.1.5, 1.2Beta4 under Solaris2.5 and
Solaris2.6.

4. Seems to be a simular problem like bug id
   4073539, which is marked to be fixed, but
   I can reproduce the error on JDK1.2Beta4 (local
   host is wspain, first entry in /etc/hosts is
   svstch):

(wspain:~/java/gethost) java -version
java version "1.2beta4"
Classic VM (build JDK-1.2beta4-K, green threads, sunwjit)
(wspain:~/java/gethost) java LocalName
InetAddress.getLocalHost(): svstch/137.156.206.3
(Review ID: 36370)
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