diff -ru esound-0.2.29.orig/esdlib.c esound-0.2.29/esdlib.c
--- esound-0.2.29.orig/esdlib.c	2002-07-15 10:28:26.000000000 +0100
+++ esound-0.2.29/esdlib.c	2003-03-22 14:23:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
 static int is_host_local(const char* host) 
 {
     char hnbuf[256]="";
-    if (!host || (*host)) return 1;
+    if (!host || (!*host)) return 1;
 
     gethostname(hnbuf, sizeof(hnbuf));
     return (!strcasecmp(host,hnbuf) || !strcasecmp(host, "localhost"));