sockets: bind to external interface

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

Hans Georg Schaathun wrote:
> Is there a simple way to find the external interface and bind a
> socket to it, when the hostname returned by socket.gethostname()
> maps to localhost?
>
> What seems to be the standard ubuntu configuration lists the local
> hostname with 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts.  (I checked this on two ubuntu
> boxen, on only one of which I am root.)  Thus, the standard solution
> of binding to whatever socket.gethostname() returns does not work.
>
> Has anyone found a simple solution that can be administered without
> root privileges?  I mean simpler than passing the ip address 
> manually :-)
>
> TIA
>   
Hi,

Use the address 0.0.0.0

JM