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-rw-r--r--util-linux/rdate.c7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/rdate.c b/util-linux/rdate.c
index 8d156cc78..a822f42ff 100644
--- a/util-linux/rdate.c
+++ b/util-linux/rdate.c
@@ -47,17 +47,16 @@ static void socket_timeout(int sig)
static time_t askremotedate(const char *host)
{
unsigned long int nett, localt;
- const char *port="37";
+ struct sockaddr_in addr s_in;
int fd;
- if (getservbyname("time", "tcp") != NULL)
- port="time";
+ bb_lookup_host(&s_in, host, "time");
/* Add a timeout for dead or non accessable servers */
alarm(10);
signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout);
- fd = xconnect(host, port);
+ fd = xconnect(s_in);
if (safe_read(fd, (void *)&nett, 4) != 4) /* read time from server */
bb_error_msg_and_die("%s did not send the complete time", host);