--- projects/cms/source/host/ihost-perl/ihost.pl	2001/03/16 18:25:59	1.32
+++ projects/cms/source/host/ihost-perl/ihost.pl	2001/03/22 08:53:59	1.34
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #  - pjm2@ukc.ac.uk
 #
 # $Author: pjm2 $
-# $Id: ihost.pl,v 1.32 2001/03/16 18:25:59 pjm2 Exp $
+# $Id: ihost.pl,v 1.34 2001/03/22 08:53:59 pjm2 Exp $
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 
 $| = 1;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ $filter_manager_addr = $ARGV[0];
 $filter_manager_port = $ARGV[1];
 
 $seq_no = 1;
-$retry_wait = 6;
+$retry_wait = 60;
 
 # write our PID to a file
 $pidfile = "/var/tmp/ihost.pid";
@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ sub send_udp_packet() {
     }
     $disk_info .= "</disk>";
 
-    my($ip) = inet_ntoa(scalar(gethostbyname(hostname())) || 'localhost');
+    my($ip);
+    $ip = inet_ntoa(scalar(gethostbyname(hostname())) || 'localhost') or $ip = 'localhost';
 
     # Build the XML packet this way, as we can clearly
     # see the structure and contents... I like this ;-)
@@ -360,9 +361,13 @@ EOF
 # send_tcp_heartbeat
 # Establishes a TCP connection to an i-scream filter.
 # The heartbeat is used as a guaranteed "I'm alive" delivery mechanism.
+# If we need to reconfigure, then we complete the heartbeat before
+# doing so.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub send_tcp_heartbeat() {
 
+    my ($doReconfigure) = 0;
+
     my($sock) = new IO::Socket::INET(
                                      PeerAddr => $filter_addr,
                                      PeerPort => $tcp_port,
@@ -409,8 +414,7 @@ sub send_tcp_heartbeat() {
     if ($response eq "ERROR\n") {
         close($sock);
         print "Server configuration changed.  Reconfiguring with filter manager.\n";
-        &tcp_configure();
-        return;
+        $doReconfigure = 1;
     }
     if (!$response eq "OK\n") {
         close($sock);
@@ -430,6 +434,8 @@ sub send_tcp_heartbeat() {
     
     close($sock);
     print "^";
+    
+    &tcp_configure() if $doReconfigure;
     
     return;
 }