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-rw-r--r--src/basic/hostname-util.c15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/hostname-util.c b/src/basic/hostname-util.c
index e336f269fa..21fae89fd0 100644
--- a/src/basic/hostname-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/hostname-util.c
@@ -61,14 +61,22 @@ static bool hostname_valid_char(char c) {
c == '.';
}
-bool hostname_is_valid(const char *s) {
+/**
+ * Check if s looks like a valid host name or fqdn. This does not do
+ * full DNS validation, but only checks if the name is composed of
+ * allowed characters and the length is not above the maximum allowed
+ * by Linux (c.f. dns_name_is_valid()). Trailing dot is allowed if
+ * relax is true and at least two components are present in the name.
+ */
+bool hostname_is_valid(const char *s, bool relax) {
const char *p;
bool dot;
+ unsigned dots = 0;
if (isempty(s))
return false;
- /* Doesn't accept empty hostnames, hostnames with trailing or
+ /* Doesn't accept empty hostnames, hostnames with
* leading dots, and hostnames with multiple dots in a
* sequence. Also ensures that the length stays below
* HOST_NAME_MAX. */
@@ -79,6 +87,7 @@ bool hostname_is_valid(const char *s) {
return false;
dot = true;
+ dots ++;
} else {
if (!hostname_valid_char(*p))
return false;
@@ -87,7 +96,7 @@ bool hostname_is_valid(const char *s) {
}
}
- if (dot)
+ if (dot && (dots < 2 || !relax))
return false;
if (p-s > HOST_NAME_MAX)