diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c7f35f4b47bc364e6e619b4bef20fe61565471b9..844088922c59ffd7d43073a21405f70a57ae99a8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
  -- job_desc_msg_t - in, out, err have been changed to std_in, std_out, 
     and std_err respectfully.  Needed for PySLURM, since Python sees (in) 
     as a keyword.
+ -- Changed the type of addr to struct sockaddr_in in _message_socket_accept()
+    in sattach.c, step_launch.c, and allocate_msg.c
 
 * Changes in SLURM 2.1.0-pre7
 =============================
diff --git a/src/api/allocate_msg.c b/src/api/allocate_msg.c
index 18985bfe35c6d3347daff2b7e48d76b264e175bb..74df9a43b4b4068171b8cc80fbc66c449e67a896 100644
--- a/src/api/allocate_msg.c
+++ b/src/api/allocate_msg.c
@@ -182,9 +182,8 @@ static bool _message_socket_readable(eio_obj_t *obj)
 			debug2("  false");
 		}
 		return false;
-	} else {
-		return true;
 	}
+	return true;
 }
 
 static int _message_socket_accept(eio_obj_t *obj, List objs)
@@ -194,21 +193,20 @@ static int _message_socket_accept(eio_obj_t *obj, List objs)
 
 	int fd;
 	unsigned char *uc;
-	short        port;
-	struct sockaddr_un addr;
+	unsigned short port;
+	struct sockaddr_in addr;
 	slurm_msg_t *msg = NULL;
 	int len = sizeof(addr);
-	
-	debug2("Called _msg_socket_accept");
+
+	debug3("Called _msg_socket_accept");
 
 	while ((fd = accept(obj->fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr,
 			    (socklen_t *)&len)) < 0) {
 		if (errno == EINTR)
 			continue;
-		
-		if (errno == EAGAIN
-		    || errno == ECONNABORTED
-		    || errno == EWOULDBLOCK) {
+		if (errno == EAGAIN       ||
+		    errno == ECONNABORTED ||
+		    errno == EWOULDBLOCK) {
 			return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 		}
 		error("Error on msg accept socket: %m");
@@ -221,8 +219,8 @@ static int _message_socket_accept(eio_obj_t *obj, List objs)
 
 	/* Should not call slurm_get_addr() because the IP may not be
 	   in /etc/hosts. */
-	uc = (unsigned char *)&((struct sockaddr_in *)&addr)->sin_addr.s_addr;
-	port = ((struct sockaddr_in *)&addr)->sin_port;
+	uc = (unsigned char *)&addr.sin_addr.s_addr;
+	port = addr.sin_port;
 	debug2("allocation got message connection from %u.%u.%u.%u:%hu",
 	       uc[0], uc[1], uc[2], uc[3], ntohs(port));
 	fflush(stdout);
@@ -231,8 +229,6 @@ static int _message_socket_accept(eio_obj_t *obj, List objs)
 	slurm_msg_t_init(msg);
 again:
 	if(slurm_receive_msg(fd, msg, 0) != 0) {
-		printf("error on slurm_recieve_msg\n");
-		fflush(stdout);
 		if (errno == EINTR) {
 			goto again;
 		}
@@ -240,7 +236,7 @@ again:
 		      uc[0],uc[1],uc[2],uc[3]);
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
-	
+
 	_handle_msg(msg_thr, msg); /* handle_msg frees msg->data */
 cleanup:
 	if ((msg->conn_fd >= 0) && slurm_close_accepted_conn(msg->conn_fd) < 0)
diff --git a/src/api/step_launch.c b/src/api/step_launch.c
index b269d42d8521a139df295194f9633384c39cf559..9c31101f64585a67310478d127a332e2f3aa08e1 100644
--- a/src/api/step_launch.c
+++ b/src/api/step_launch.c
@@ -824,22 +824,21 @@ static int _message_socket_accept(eio_obj_t *obj, List objs)
 
 	int fd;
 	unsigned char *uc;
-	short port;
-	struct sockaddr_un addr;
+	unsigned short port;
+	struct sockaddr_in addr;
 	slurm_msg_t *msg = NULL;
 	int len = sizeof(addr);
 	int timeout = 0;	/* slurm default value */
-	int rc = 0;
-	
+
 	debug3("Called _msg_socket_accept");
 
 	while ((fd = accept(obj->fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr,
 			    (socklen_t *)&len)) < 0) {
 		if (errno == EINTR)
 			continue;
-		if (errno == EAGAIN
-		    || errno == ECONNABORTED
-		    || errno == EWOULDBLOCK) {
+		if (errno == EAGAIN       ||
+		    errno == ECONNABORTED ||
+		    errno == EWOULDBLOCK) {
 			return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 		}
 		error("Error on msg accept socket: %m");
@@ -852,8 +851,8 @@ static int _message_socket_accept(eio_obj_t *obj, List objs)
 
 	/* Should not call slurm_get_addr() because the IP may not be
 	   in /etc/hosts. */
-	uc = (unsigned char *)&((struct sockaddr_in *)&addr)->sin_addr.s_addr;
-	port = ((struct sockaddr_in *)&addr)->sin_port;
+	uc = (unsigned char *)&addr.sin_addr.s_addr;
+	port = addr.sin_port;
 	debug2("step got message connection from %u.%u.%u.%u:%hu",
 	       uc[0], uc[1], uc[2], uc[3], ntohs(port));
 	fflush(stdout);
@@ -866,7 +865,7 @@ static int _message_socket_accept(eio_obj_t *obj, List objs)
 	 * responses and timeouts. Raise the default timeout for srun. */
 	timeout = slurm_get_msg_timeout() * 8000;
 again:
-	if((rc = slurm_receive_msg(fd, msg, timeout)) != 0) {
+	if(slurm_receive_msg(fd, msg, timeout) != 0) {
 		if (errno == EINTR) {
 			goto again;
 		}
@@ -875,7 +874,7 @@ again:
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	_handle_msg(sls, msg); /* handle_msg frees msg */
+	_handle_msg(sls, msg); /* handle_msg frees msg->data */
 cleanup:
 	if ((msg->conn_fd >= 0) && slurm_close_accepted_conn(msg->conn_fd) < 0)
 		error ("close(%d): %m", msg->conn_fd);
diff --git a/src/sattach/sattach.c b/src/sattach/sattach.c
index 92e1fb7da74be0a9af34a30b2bfba99a2a491063..17352e0da9aaee4f33631e2e659ed996f146e9a3 100644
--- a/src/sattach/sattach.c
+++ b/src/sattach/sattach.c
@@ -486,11 +486,10 @@ static int _message_socket_accept(eio_obj_t *obj, List objs)
 
 	int fd;
 	unsigned char *uc;
-	short        port;
-	struct sockaddr_un addr;
+	unsigned short port;
+	struct sockaddr_in addr;
 	slurm_msg_t *msg = NULL;
 	int len = sizeof(addr);
-	int          timeout = 0;	/* slurm default value */
 
 	debug3("Called _msg_socket_accept");
 
@@ -498,9 +497,9 @@ static int _message_socket_accept(eio_obj_t *obj, List objs)
 			    (socklen_t *)&len)) < 0) {
 		if (errno == EINTR)
 			continue;
-		if ((errno == EAGAIN)       ||
-		    (errno == ECONNABORTED) ||
-		    (errno == EWOULDBLOCK)) {
+		if (errno == EAGAIN       ||
+		    errno == ECONNABORTED ||
+		    errno == EWOULDBLOCK) {
 			return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 		}
 		error("Error on msg accept socket: %m");
@@ -513,18 +512,16 @@ static int _message_socket_accept(eio_obj_t *obj, List objs)
 
 	/* Should not call slurm_get_addr() because the IP may not be
 	   in /etc/hosts. */
-	uc = (unsigned char *)&((struct sockaddr_in *)&addr)->sin_addr.s_addr;
-	port = ((struct sockaddr_in *)&addr)->sin_port;
+	uc = (unsigned char *)&addr.sin_addr.s_addr;
+	port = addr.sin_port;
 	debug2("got message connection from %u.%u.%u.%u:%hu",
 	       uc[0], uc[1], uc[2], uc[3], ntohs(port));
 	fflush(stdout);
 
 	msg = xmalloc(sizeof(slurm_msg_t));
 	slurm_msg_t_init(msg);
-
-	timeout = slurm_get_msg_timeout() * 1000;
 again:
-	if(slurm_receive_msg(fd, msg, timeout) != 0) {
+	if(slurm_receive_msg(fd, msg, 0) != 0) {
 		if (errno == EINTR) {
 			goto again;
 		}