Bug 498884 - cups rejects access from non-localhost
Summary: cups rejects access from non-localhost
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: cups
Version: 10
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tim Waugh
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-05-04 09:13 UTC by Johan Vromans
Modified: 2010-07-28 17:36 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 1.3.10-5.fc10
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2009-05-06 10:54:28 UTC
Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
CUPS config (1.64 KB, text/plain)
2009-05-04 09:13 UTC, Johan Vromans
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
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Description Johan Vromans 2009-05-04 09:13:11 UTC
Created attachment 342285 [details]
CUPS config

Description of problem:

When CUPS is accessed by host name, not localhost, access is rejected and the message "Request from "localhost" using invalid Host: field "fully.qualified.host.name:631""

This also makes printing from cups-friendly apps impossible.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

1.3.10-4.fc10 (updates-testing)
1.3.10-1.fc10 (updates)

How reproducible:

Always.

Steps to Reproduce (assuming the host has IP 192.168.1.251):

1. Using localhost:631, edit config -> choose default config
2. Enable
   - Share published printers connected to this system
   - Allow printing from the Internet
   - Allow remote administration
3. Save and restart cups
4. Access 127.0.0.1:631 -> works
5. Access 192.168.1.251:631 -> works
6. Access fully.qualified.host.name:631 -> "400 Bad Request"
  
Actual results:

6. Access fully.qualified.host.name:631 -> "400 Bad Request"

Expected results:

6. Access fully.qualified.host.name:631 -> works

Additional info:

cuspd.conf attached.

Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2009-05-05 12:04:10 UTC
When you installed 1.3.10-4.fc10 from updates-testing it should have adjusted /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to add "ServerAlias *" at the end.  However, your "step 1" above uses the upstream default configuration (i.e. cupsd.conf.default) which does *not* have "ServerAlias *" at the end, but should.

Fix coming shortly.

Comment 2 Johan Vromans 2009-05-05 16:15:17 UTC
Thanks for the info. However, Adding "ServerAlias *" (and restarting CUPS) does not change anything for me.
The docs mention "If your CUPS server is accessed using a hostname or hostnames not known to the server itself you must add "ServerAlias hostname" to cupsd.conf for each such name." but I fail to see why CUPS does not know the FQDN of the local system. It's in /etc/hosts and DNS.
... Which precisely turned out to be the problem. The FQDN was stored in /etc/hosts as 127.0.0.1 and apparently CUPS doesn't like 2 IPs for a single FQDN.

AFAIC we can close this bug.

Comment 3 Tim Waugh 2009-05-05 18:20:45 UTC
The question is: should we allow a request intended for a FQDN for this host over the loopback interface?  Needs investigation and discussion with upstream.

Reported upstream.

Comment 4 Tim Waugh 2009-05-06 10:54:28 UTC
Intentional behaviour.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2009-05-12 03:53:46 UTC
cups-1.3.10-5.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2009-05-12 04:04:00 UTC
cups-1.3.10-5.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Andrew 2009-06-25 08:29:57 UTC
I confirm, that cups-1.3.10-5.fc10 runs well.
But cups-1.4-0.b2.18.f11 and 1.4-0.rc1.3.fc11 has the same or similar bug again.

Output after the remote access in my /var/log/cups/error_log of the local machine:

E [22/Jun/2009:07:51:46 +0200] Request from "77.176.92.21" using invalid Host: field "buero111.homelinux.net"

Output on the remote machine in /var/log/cups/error_log:
E [22/Jun/2009:07:52:13 +0200] [Job 357] Abfragen des Druckerstatus (Bad Request) nicht möglich!

(Translation: Request of printer status not possible)

buero111.homelinux.net is my dyn-DNS host name.

Comment 8 Tim Waugh 2009-06-25 08:38:30 UTC
As mentioned in comment #4, it is intentional behaviour that CUPS rejects requests addressed to the FQDN of the host when received over the local loopback interface.

Solution: don't make the FQDN of the host resolve to 127.0.0.1, but instead to the correct external IP address for that FQDN.

Comment 9 Andrew 2009-06-25 10:16:53 UTC
(In reply to comment #8)
I have a dynamic DNS, the IP changes daily.

Comment 10 Tim Waugh 2009-06-25 10:23:11 UTC
Then use 'localhost' to refer to that machine locally.

Comment 11 Andrew 2009-06-28 12:55:28 UTC
(In reply to comment #10)
I had to rename my host to the dyn-DNS, my machine now calls buero111.homelinux.net and it runs well. ;-)

Thank you for your help.

Comment 12 Arckanjo - Maringa 2010-07-28 17:36:33 UTC
Guys!
Is very simple to solved this F* nightmare
put this line in your cupsd.conf file
|||||||||||||-->  ServerAlias * <--|||||||||||||||||

sample:
____________________________________________________________________________
# Administrator user group...
SystemGroup sys root users

# Only listen for connections from the local machine.
Listen 631
Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock

# Show shared printers on the local network.
Browsing On
BrowseOrder allow,deny
BrowseAllow @LOCAL
BrowseAllow All
# Default authentication type, when authentication is required...
DefaultAuthType Basic
DefaultEncryption Never
ServerAlias *  <--------------------------------------------

#FileDevice No

# Restrict access to the server...
_____________________________________________________________________________

And Work in Internet access

Keywords: 400 bad request // Erro ao Acessar Via Internet // Acesso CUPs // Slackware 13.0.0.0 // Resolvido // Solved // Resolution // Error to access Cups


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