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| author | Michael R Sweet <michael.r.sweet@gmail.com> | 2019-07-16 10:09:12 -0400 |
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| committer | Michael R Sweet <michael.r.sweet@gmail.com> | 2019-07-16 10:09:12 -0400 |
| commit | 242b4b9be6e22a6cdc7e2b133d0204de03d2b2eb (patch) | |
| tree | 1031f682b574c89194f5aa3cee209405c9d80651 /doc | |
| parent | 9539c53065170e97836503074e770d7b5fbf9f83 (diff) | |
| download | cups-242b4b9be6e22a6cdc7e2b133d0204de03d2b2eb.tar.gz | |
Update the cupsd.conf man page to better explain what @IF(name) and @LOCAL do
(Issue #5604)
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/help/man-cupsd.conf.html | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/help/man-cupsd.conf.html b/doc/help/man-cupsd.conf.html index 10101dbbe..1668eee8a 100644 --- a/doc/help/man-cupsd.conf.html +++ b/doc/help/man-cupsd.conf.html @@ -457,6 +457,8 @@ The following directives may be placed inside Location and Limit sections in the <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>Allow @IF(</b><i>name</i><b>)</b> <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>Allow @LOCAL</b> <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Allows access from the named hosts, domains, addresses, or interfaces. +The @IF(name) form uses the current subnets configured for the named interface. +The @LOCAL form uses the current subnets configured for all interfaces that are not point-to-point, for example Ethernet and Wi-Fi interfaces are used but DSL and VPN interfaces are not. The Order directive controls whether Allow lines are evaluated before or after Deny lines. <dt><b>AuthType None</b> <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>AuthType Basic</b> @@ -476,6 +478,8 @@ The value "Default" corresponds to the DefaultAuthType value. <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>Deny @IF(</b><i>name</i><b>)</b> <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>Deny @LOCAL</b> <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Denies access from the named hosts, domains, addresses, or interfaces. +The @IF(name) form uses the current subnets configured for the named interface. +The @LOCAL form uses the current subnets configured for all interfaces that are not point-to-point, for example Ethernet and Wi-Fi interfaces are used but DSL and VPN interfaces are not. The Order directive controls whether Deny lines are evaluated before or after Allow lines. <dt><b>Encryption IfRequested</b> <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>Encryption Never</b> @@ -585,6 +589,9 @@ On Linux this is typically done using the command, while on macOS the <b>launchctl</b>(8) command is used instead. +<p>The @LOCAL macro name can be confusing since the system running +<b>cupsd</b> +often belongs to a different set of subnets from its clients. <h2 class="title"><a name="CONFORMING_TO">Conforming To</a></h2> The <b>cupsd.conf</b> file format is based on the Apache HTTP Server configuration file format. <h2 class="title"><a name="EXAMPLES">Examples</a></h2> |