From dfd6ee20bba581c38aea743add3d5ecb1859debb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stamparm <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:26:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Patch for an Issue #454

---
 lib/core/common.py | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index f3bace66c..94d7bd82e 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ def parseTargetDirect():
 
             if details.group('remote'):
                 remote = True
-                conf.hostname = details.group('hostname')
+                conf.hostname = details.group('hostname').strip()
                 conf.port = int(details.group('port'))
             else:
                 conf.hostname = "localhost"
@@ -1348,7 +1348,14 @@ def getLocalIP():
     return retVal
 
 def getRemoteIP():
-    return socket.gethostbyname(conf.hostname)
+    retVal = None
+    try:
+        retVal = socket.gethostbyname(conf.hostname)
+    except socket.gaierror:
+        errMsg = "address resolution problem "
+        errMsg += "occurred for hostname '%s'" % conf.hostname
+        singleTimeLogMessage(errMsg, logging.ERROR)
+    return retVal
 
 def getFileType(filePath):
     try: