> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Oct 8 13:51:28 2001
> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 12:50:08 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Patrick Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: LPRng: Need real client IP address in filter
>
> > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Oct 2 12:07:04 2001
> > Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 13:56:47 -0400
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > From: Rick Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: LPRng: Need real client IP address in filter
> >
> > I _desperately_ need for my print filter to know the REAL ip address of the
> > lpr client (from the socket connection, not from the data which it sends in
> > the control file). Trust me. I do. Really.
> >
> > force_fqdn_hostname simply does not supply anything useful for that
> > purpose. That does not appear to be its purpose.
> >
> > My next solution was to patch linelist.c to stick the request IP in an
> > environment variable which could be picked up by the filter. This appeared
> > to work, but really did not. The filter would get an IP address, but it
> > would not necessarily be the correct one. I understand how this happens.
> >
> > I have now mercilessly hacked more code than I wanted to the effect that
> > the 'H' line in the control file ends up with "IPnnn.nnn.nnn.nnn" appended
> > to whatever seems to insist on being there no matter what I do. This is
> > good enough for now, but is not what I would call an esthetically pleasing
> > solution.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > -Rick
> >
> >
> > |Rick Cochran phone: 607-255-7618|
> > |Network and Computing Systems, Cornell CIT FAX: 607-255-8521|
> > |730 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]|
....
OR in the next release you can use:
lp:
:force_ipaddr_hostname
which will force the use of the IP address for the hostname like you wanted.
Patrick ("patch patch patch") Powell
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