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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssh/src/ssh.erl | 82 |
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 75 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml index 88d402cf38..48c9aa18e9 100644 --- a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml +++ b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml @@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ on the given port.</fsummary> <type> <v>Port = integer()</v> - <v>HostAddress = ip_address() | any</v> + <v>HostAddress = ip_address() | any | loopback</v> <v>Options = [{Option, Value}]</v> <v>Option = atom()</v> <v>Value = term()</v> @@ -390,6 +390,26 @@ <p>Starts a server listening for SSH connections on the given port. If the <c>Port</c> is 0, a random free port is selected. See <seealso marker="#daemon_info/1">daemon_info/1</seealso> about how to find the selected port number.</p> + + <p>Please note that by historical reasons both the <c>HostAddress</c> argument and the inet socket option + <c>ip</c> set the listening address. This is a source of possible inconsistent settings.</p> + + <p>The rules for handling the two address passing options are:</p> + <list> + <item>if <c>HostAddress</c> is an ip-address, that ip-address is the listening address. + An ip-option will be discarded if present.</item> + + <item>if <c>HostAddress</c> is <c>loopback</c>, the listening address + is <c>loopback</c> and an loopback address will be choosen by the underlying layers. + An ip-option will be discarded if present.</item> + + <item>if <c>HostAddress</c> is <c>any</c> and no ip-option is present, the listening address is + <c>any</c> and the socket will listen to all addresses</item> + + <item>if <c>HostAddress</c> is <c>any</c> and an ip-option is present, the listening address is + set to the value of the ip-option</item> + </list> + <p>Options:</p> <taglist> <tag><c><![CDATA[{inet, inet | inet6}]]></c></tag> diff --git a/lib/ssh/src/ssh.erl b/lib/ssh/src/ssh.erl index 8c802d46eb..3e80a04b70 100644 --- a/lib/ssh/src/ssh.erl +++ b/lib/ssh/src/ssh.erl @@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ daemon(Port, UserOptions) when 0 =< Port, Port =< 65535 -> daemon(any, Port, UserOptions). -daemon(Host0, Port0, UserOptions0) when 0 =< Port0, Port0 =< 65535 -> +daemon(Host0, Port0, UserOptions0) when 0 =< Port0, Port0 =< 65535, + Host0 == any ; Host0 == loopback ; is_tuple(Host0) -> try {Host1, UserOptions} = handle_daemon_args(Host0, UserOptions0), #{} = Options0 = ssh_options:handle_options(server, UserOptions), @@ -259,7 +260,11 @@ daemon(Host0, Port0, UserOptions0) when 0 =< Port0, Port0 =< 65535 -> {error,Error}; _C:_E -> {error,{cannot_start_daemon,_C,_E}} - end. + end; + +daemon(_, _, _) -> + {error, badarg}. + %%-------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -378,35 +383,6 @@ default_algorithms() -> %%-------------------------------------------------------------------- %%% Internal functions %%-------------------------------------------------------------------- - -%% - if Address is 'any' and no ip-option is present, the name is -%% 'any' and the socket will listen to all addresses -%% -%% - if Address is 'any' and an ip-option is present, the name is -%% set to the value of the ip-option and the socket will listen -%% to that address -%% -%% - if Address is 'loopback' and no ip-option is present, the name -%% is 'loopback' and an loopback address will be choosen by the -%% underlying layers -%% -%% - if Address is 'loopback' and an ip-option is present, the name -%% is set to the value of the ip-option kept and the socket will -%% listen to that address -%% -%% - if Address is an ip-address, that ip-address is the name and -%% the listening address. An ip-option will be discarded. -%% -%% - if Address is a HostName, and that resolves to an ip-address, -%% that ip-address is the name and the listening address. An -%% ip-option will be discarded. -%% -%% - if Address is a string or an atom other than thoose defined -%% above, that Address will be the name and the listening address -%% will be choosen by the lower layers taking an ip-option in -%% consideration -%% - %% The handle_daemon_args/2 function basically only sets the ip-option in Opts %% so that it is correctly set when opening the listening socket. @@ -416,53 +392,11 @@ handle_daemon_args(any, Opts) -> IP -> {IP, Opts} end; -handle_daemon_args(loopback, Opts) -> - case proplists:get_value(ip, Opts) of - undefined -> {loopback, [{ip,loopback}|Opts]}; - IP -> {IP, Opts} - end; - -handle_daemon_args(IPaddr, Opts) when is_tuple(IPaddr) -> +handle_daemon_args(IPaddr, Opts) when is_tuple(IPaddr) ; IPaddr == loopback -> case proplists:get_value(ip, Opts) of undefined -> {IPaddr, [{ip,IPaddr}|Opts]}; IPaddr -> {IPaddr, Opts}; IP -> {IPaddr, [{ip,IPaddr}|Opts--[{ip,IP}]]} %% Backward compatibility - end; - -handle_daemon_args(Address, Opts) when is_list(Address) ; % IP address in string or a domain - is_atom(Address) % domains could be atoms in inet - -> - IP = proplists:get_value(ip, Opts), - case inet:parse_strict_address(Address) of - %% check if Address is an IP-address - {ok, IP} -> {IP, Opts}; - {ok, OtherIP} -> {OtherIP, [{ip,OtherIP}|Opts--[{ip,IP}]]}; - _ -> - %% Not an IP-address. Check if it is a host name: - case inet:getaddr(Address, family(Opts)) of - {ok, IP} -> {Address, Opts}; - {ok, OtherIP} -> {Address, [{ip,OtherIP}|Opts--[{ip,IP}]]}; - _ -> - %% Not a Host name and not an IP address, let - %% inet and the OS later figure out what it - %% could be - {Address, Opts} - end - end. - -%% Has the caller indicated the address family? -family(Opts) -> - family(Opts, inet). - -family(Opts, Default) -> - case proplists:get_value(inet,Opts) of - true -> inet; - inet -> inet; - inet6 -> inet6; - _ -> case proplists:get_value(inet6,Opts) of - true -> inet6; - _ -> Default - end end. %%%---------------------------------------------------------------- |