[cups.general] Unable to force server name

[Michael Sweet]

CUPS responds to all requests using the hostname associated with the  
network address you connected to, so it will never respond with the  
CNAME unless the reverse IP lookup uses it...

On Mar 25, 2009, at 6:51 AM, Guillaume Rousse wrote:

> Hello.
>
> My cups server is accessed through a CNAME alias (cups.domain.tld), so
> as to be easily moved from one host to another without disturbing  
> users.
>
> However, despite using an explicite ServerName directive, cups still
> uses its physical host name:
> - for shared printers queues (ipp://host.domain.tld/printers/queue)
> - for https redirection in web interface (you should acces this page  
> as
> https://host.domain.tld), whereas the certificate has been issues to
> cups.domain.tld
>
> As I couldn't find any other place where the server refers to  
> itself, it
> make me thinks ServerName directive is completly ignored...
>
> I'm using cups 1.3.6 on Linux.
>
> -- 
> BOFH excuse #298:
>
> Not enough interrupts
>
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Michael R Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer

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