--- powerd.c
+++ powerd.c	2010-05-12 16:12:45.167591612 +0200
@@ -625,7 +625,8 @@ void openconfig(int *delay) {
     int line=0;
     char *host, *port;
     int iport;
-    struct hostent *hname;
+    struct addrinfo *hname;
+    struct addrinfo *hiter;
     struct in_addr addr;
 
 //    printf("Opening config\n");
@@ -664,6 +665,8 @@ void openconfig(int *delay) {
 	    device = strdup(parameter);
 //	    printf("Monitoring %s\n", device);
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(command, "notify")) {
+	    int ret;
+
 	    if (strlen(password) < 5) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Password is too short/invalid. Line %d\n", line);
 		exit(-1);
@@ -674,27 +677,32 @@ void openconfig(int *delay) {
 		else
 		    iport = PORT;
 
-		if ((hname = gethostbyname(host))) {
-		    while(*hname->h_addr_list != 0) {
+		if (!(ret = getaddrinfo(host, NULL, NULL, &hname))) {
+		    for(hiter = hname; hiter != NULL; hiter = hiter->ai_next) {
 			memset(&addr.s_addr, 0, sizeof(addr.s_addr));
-			memcpy(&addr.s_addr, *hname->h_addr_list, hname->h_length);
+			memcpy(&addr.s_addr, hiter->ai_addr, hiter->ai_addrlen);
 			addclient(inet_ntoa(addr), password, iport);
-			hname->h_addr_list++;
 		    }
+		    freeaddrinfo(hname);
 		}
-	    }
+		else
+		  fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo : %s\n", gai_strerror(ret));
+ 	    }
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(command, "listen")) {
+	    int ret;
 	    if (strlen(password) < 5) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Password is too short/invalid. Line %d\n", line);
 		exit(-1);
-	    } else if ((hname = gethostbyname(parameter))) {
-		while(*hname->h_addr_list != 0) {
-		    memset(&addr.s_addr, 0, sizeof(addr.s_addr));
-		    memcpy(&addr.s_addr, *hname->h_addr_list, hname->h_length);
-		    addlisten(inet_ntoa(addr), password);
-		    hname->h_addr_list++;
-		}
-	    }
+	    } else if (! (ret = getaddrinfo(parameter, NULL, NULL, &hname))) {
+ 		   for(hiter = hname; hiter != NULL; hiter = hiter->ai_next) {
+                        memset(&addr.s_addr, 0, sizeof(addr.s_addr));
+                        memcpy(&addr.s_addr, hiter->ai_addr, hiter->ai_addrlen);
+                        addlisten(inet_ntoa(addr), password);
+                   }
+                   freeaddrinfo(hname);
+            }
+              else
+                fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo : %s\n", gai_strerror(ret));
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(command, "listenport")) {
 	    if ((listenport = atoi(parameter)) < 1) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Listen port is invalid. Line %d\n", line);