>Number: 596
>Category: config
>Synopsis: If ServerName has a name not in the DNS then server will not
>start
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: apache (Apache HTTP Project)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: apache
>Arrival-Date: Mon May 19 01:20:01 1997
>Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Organization:
apache
>Release: 1.2b8
>Environment:
Solaris2.5 40 odd patches, gcc
>Description:
If you configure a ServerName which is not available from the DNS (yet)
then the server will refuse to start. This is unacceptable from the point
of view of setting up services for customers. The server should start
(but possibly complain) if the DNS does not match the configuration.
Otherwise customers cannot try out their service before DNS has been
set up.
>How-To-Repeat:
configure a name into ServerName which is not in the DNS
>Fix:
Yes, in http_main.c
void default_server_hostnames(server_rec *s)
{
struct hostent *h;
struct in_addr *main_addr;
int num_addr;
char *def_hostname;
int n;
server_addr_rec *sar;
int has_default_vhost_addr;
int mainport = s->port;
int from_local=0;
/* Main host first */
if (!s->server_hostname) {
s->server_hostname = get_local_host(pconf);
from_local = 1;
}
def_hostname = s->server_hostname;
h = gethostbyname(def_hostname);
if( h == NULL ) {
fprintf(stderr,"httpd: cannot determine the IP address of ");
if (from_local) {
fprintf(stderr,"the local host (%s). Use ServerName to set it manuall
y.\n",
s->server_hostname ? s->server_hostname : "<NULL>");
} else {
fprintf(stderr,"the specified ServerName (%s).\n",
s->server_hostname ? s->server_hostname : "<NULL>");
};
/* :jb don't drop out if DNS check fails
doesn't look like we need the rest of this function
if DNS check doesn'twork.
exit(1);
*/
return;
}
***** SWAP the exit(1); for return; as noted
Thanks,
Jame
>Audit-Trail:
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