Bug 817959

Hi Jacob.
One question up front. What is the version of gluster being used?
If it is gluster 3.3/RHS2.0, then the following should hold true. Else, we'd require more information. 

We use _POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX, defined as 255 in /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h, to check the length of hostnames during validation of the address lists.

A list of comma separated addresses, even longer than 256 bytes is accepted by gluster, and will be set if validation succeeds. However, even if one of the addresses in the list is longer than the defined limit, validation fails and the list is rejected.

So unless, they are trying to set a single hostname longer than 255 bytes, the address list should be accepted.

Thanks.
Kaushal

Jacob, any update on this?

Was going to close this as WORKSFORME, but transferring this to Documentation just to make sure this is appropriately documented. Jacob, if you still see an issue please raise a new bug.

Jacob,

I am planning to update the documentation as follows:

Option: auth.allow
Available Options: Valid hostnames or IP address which includes wild card patterns including *, such as 192.168.1.*. A list of comma separated addresses is accepted, but a single hostname must not exceed 256 characters.

Option: auth.reject
Description: IP addresses or hostnames of the clients which should be denied access to the volume. 
Default Value: none (reject none)
Available Options: Valid hostnames or IP address which includes wild card patterns including *, such as 192.168.1.*. A list of comma separated addresses is accepted, but a single hostname must not exceed 256 characters.

Please let me know if this addresses your concern.

Regards,
Divya

Jacob,

I have incorporated the changes and it available at: http://documentation-devel.engineering.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Storage/2.0/html/Administration_Guide/chap-User_Guide-Managing_Volumes.html#sect-User_Guide-Managing_Volumes-Tuning

Please confirm if this addresses your concern.

Regards,
Divya

Incorporated the changes suggested by Jacob and the updated documentation is available at: http://documentation-devel.engineering.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Storage/2.0/html-single/Administration_Guide/index.html#sect-User_Guide-Managing_Volumes-Tuning

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auth.allow	 

IP addresses or hostnames of the clients which should be allowed to access the volume.	 

Valid hostnames or IP addresses which includes wild card patterns including *, such as 192.168.1.*. A list of comma separated addresses is accepted, but a single hostname must not exceed 256 characters.
</snip>


<snip>
auth.reject	 

IP addresses or hostnames of the clients which should be denied access to the volume.	 

Valid hostnames or IP addresses which includes wild card patterns including *, such as 192.168.1.*. A list of comma separated addresses is accepted, but a single hostname must not exceed 256 characters.	 
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