python sockets,sock.connect error

Question

import socket
from datetime import datetime
#User input
ServerIP = raw_input("Enter server IP: ")
RemoteServerIP = socket.gethostbyaddr(ServerIP)
print "-" * 60
print "Please wait, scanning remote host", RemoteServerIP
print "-" * 60
#Starting to scan
StartTime = datetime.now()
for port in range(1,1025):#ports 1-1024
 sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM)
 result = sock.connect_ex((RemoteServerIP, port))
 if result == 0:
 print "Port {}: \t Open".format(port)
sock.close()
#caculate the time and print to screen
EndTime = datetime.now()
TotalTime = StartTime - EndTime 
print 'Scanning Completed in: ', TotalTime

Error :

 result = sock.connect_ex((RemoteServerIP, port))
File "C:\Python27\lib\socket.py", line 228, in meth
 return getattr(self._sock,name)(*args)
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, tuple found

Answer 1

socket.gethostbyaddr() returns a tuple. Accessing the first item in the ipaddrlist should get you what you need:

RemoteServerIP = socket.gethostbyaddr(ServerIP)[2][0]

• Xer: ty very much for helping me
• Kellen: My pleasure! Best of luck to you.