2. The dialog

A checkbox lets you activate logging. If activated, Linuxconf will add a line to /var/log/htmlaccess.log for every HTTP request.

The rest of the dialog goes like this. You must specify pairs. You specify a host or a network and optionally a netmask. Your options in specifying a host or network are:

• A host name
• A network name
• An IP number
• A device name (eth0 eth1)

A default netmask is computed based on the type of the first entry (is it a host or network?). You can override this by supplying the optional netmask. Also, it is possible to specify a host name with a wider netmask, allowing access by all hosts on this host's network.

Some examples:

        machine1.foo.com
        (empty netmask implies 255.255.255.255)
        10.1.2.0
        255.255.255.0
        eth0
        (empty netmask grabs the current one for eth0)
        

The first pair allows access from one machine. The second and third allow access to complete networks.