Bug 146869 - LibreOffice connects to the print server (CUPS) when opening a document with PrinterName config-item
Summary: LibreOffice connects to the print server (CUPS) when opening a document with ...
Status: UNCONFIRMED
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Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.3.0.2 rc
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Reported: 2022-01-20 03:05 UTC by Vincent Lefevre
Modified: 2022-02-04 03:46 UTC (History)
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testcase (15.02 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2022-01-20 03:05 UTC, Vincent Lefevre 		Details
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Description Vincent Lefevre 2022-01-20 03:05:50 UTC 
Created attachment 177663 [details]
testcase

When I open some document such as the one attached, LibreOffice tries to connect to the print server, while I don't intend to print the document. This can yield a timeout of 20 - 30 seconds if the print server isn't available or request a password. There are also potential privacy/security issues.

This issue seems to come from

<config:config-item config:name="PrinterName" config:type="string">Generic Printer</config:config-item>

in settings.xml.

The Debian bugs I had reported:
  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=428064 (2007, OpenOffice.Org)
  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=708533 (2013, LibreOffice)
Comment 1 Vincent Lefevre 2022-01-20 03:17:15 UTC 
I forgot: to reproduce the timeout, create a /etc/cups/client.conf file with a line like

ServerName 192.168.0.2:443

(check with telnet that the connection hangs, or choose another IP address).