def isLocalHost(host_name):
"""True if host_name points to a local ip.
Uses gethostbyname()
"""
# first see if this is a "well known" local hostname
if host_name == 'localhost' or \
host_name == 'localhost.localdomain' or \
host_name == socket.gethostname():
return True
# first lookup ip addr
try:
ip_addr = socket.gethostbyname(host_name)
if ip_addr.startswith("127."):
# log.debug("this ip is on loopback, retain only the first octet")
ip_addr = '127.'
except socket.gaierror:
log.debug("no ip address for %r" % host_name)
return False
# next, see if this IP addr is one of our
# local addresses
p = my_popen(['/sbin/ip', 'addr'], stdout=PIPE)
child_stdout = p.stdout.read()
found = ('inet %s' % ip_addr).encode() in child_stdout
p.wait()
return found
def isLocalHost(host_name):
"""True if host_name points to a local ip.
Uses gethostbyname()
"""
# first see if this is a "well known" local hostname
if host_name == 'localhost' or host_name == 'localhost.localdomain' or host_name == socket.gethostname():
return True
# first lookup ip addr
try:
ip_addr = socket.gethostbyname(host_name)
if ip_addr.startswith("127."):
log.debug("this ip is on loopback, retain only the first octet")
ip_addr = '127.'
except socket.gaierror:
log.debug("no ip address for %r" % host_name)
return False
# next, see if this IP addr is one of our
# local addresses
p = my_popen(['/sbin/ifconfig', '-a'], stdout=PIPE)
child_stdout = p.stdout.read()
found = ('inet addr:' + ip_addr) in child_stdout
p.wait()
return found