[cups.general] short host name versus FQDN in Allow directives

[Michael Sweet]

Matthias Czapla wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm running the Debian Woody packaged CUPS 1.1.14. The default
> configuration prevents access to everything except for connections
> originating from localhost. I want to let specific hosts in my LAN
> access a single printer. I tried the following (the CUPS server is
> on ddm.fick.xxx):
> 
> <Location /printers/kyo>
>         Order Deny,Allow
> 	Deny From All
> 	Allow From ddm.fick.xxx
> 	Allow From localhost
> </Location>
> 
> When I try to access http://ddm.fick.xxx:631/printers/kyo with a
> browser running on ddm.fick.xxx I am denied permission. The access
> log says:
> 
> ddm - - [30/Jun/2004:12:49:25 +0200] "GET /printers/kyo HTTP/1.1" 403 0
> 
> So I tried to put the short host name "ddm" in the Allow directive
> and then it works. Why doesn't the FQDN work too? I have a local DNS
> server running and so far it has worked without troubles, i.e. I can
> lookup host names and IPs forward and reverse:
> 
> <root at ddm /etc/cups>host ddm
> ddm.fick.xxx has address 192.168.128.1
> <root at ddm /etc/cups>host ddm.fick.xxx
> ddm.fick.xxx has address 192.168.128.1
> <root at ddm /etc/cups>host 192.168.128.1
> 1.128.168.192.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer ddm.fick.xxx.
> 
> Of course this is all not a super big problem because I could just
> use the short names, but shouldn't the FQDN work exactly the same?

It should - check the /etc/hosts file on your server and make sure
that the short hostname isn't listed there...

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