From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 27 10:04:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA21880 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:04:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA21773 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:03:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA25148; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:01:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:01:25 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199807271701.KAA25148@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: dannyman@dannyland.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/hosts.deny ALL: ALL not working In-Reply-To: <19980725164612.A23382@enteract.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 16:46:12 -0500 >From: dannyman >Could someone give me a bit of advise as to just what it is that I am missing >here? >... >Yes, I _do_ have the tcp_wrapper port installed, yes I experience this problem >on -CURRENT and -STABLE ... it seems that /etc/hosts.(allow|deny) don't do >anything no matter *what* I do to them, and yes I have RTFM 'til my eyes are >bloody ... :< Be sure you RT *correct* FM. The port enables the "-DPROCESS_OPTIONS" flag, which means that an "extended" control language is enabled. Salient points are: * TCP wrappers only uses a single file (which may be hosts.allow or hosts.deny), and * The appropriate man page is hosts_options(5), vs. hosts_access(5). david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message