Index: csync2-1.34/conn.c =================================================================== --- csync2-1.34.orig/conn.c +++ csync2-1.34/conn.c @@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ SSL *conn_ssl; int conn_open(const char *peername) { struct sockaddr_in sin; + struct sockaddr_in sme; struct hostent *hp; + struct hostent *me; int on = 1; hp = gethostbyname(peername); @@ -69,6 +71,23 @@ int conn_open(const char *peername) bcopy(hp->h_addr, &sin.sin_addr, hp->h_length); sin.sin_port = htons(csync_port); + /* Try to bind to IP address of local hostname, else in cases where + * there's multiple local IPs on the same subnet, we might autobind + * to the wrong one, and the remote csync2 instance will fail because + * it verifies the expected hostname against the initiating IP. + * If the explicit bind fails for some reason though, we'll still + * try to connect (it might work, and it can't hurt...). + */ + me = gethostbyname(myhostname); + if (me) { + sme.sin_family = me->h_addrtype; + bcopy(me->h_addr, &sme.sin_addr, me->h_length); + sme.sin_port = 0; /* random port */ + if (bind(conn_fd_in, (struct sockaddr *)&sme, sizeof(sme)) < 0) { + csync_debug(1, "Can't bind local socket (attempting connect anyway).\n"); + } + } + if (connect(conn_fd_in, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, sizeof (sin)) < 0) { csync_debug(1, "Can't connect to remote host.\n"); close(conn_fd_in); conn_fd_in = -1;