Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 22:35:45 +0800 (WST) From: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> To: Shockboi <shockboi@dqc.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hosts.deny Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810182234500.7828-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <199810181421.HAA12743@dqc.org>
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On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Shockboi wrote: > Hi, I am running 2.2.7R and my problem is that my hosts.deny > file isn't being read. I have tried "ALL: ALL" in /etc/hosts.deny > and /usr/local/etc/hosts.deny , rebooted with a fresh inetd and > still I am able to telnet into my computer from the outside. > I have been playing round with my kernel as of late and can think > that that would be the only thing that could be screwing me round. > Any suggestions? >From my hosts.deny file: # # hosts.deny This file describes the names of the hosts which are # *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided # by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server. # # The portmap line is redundant, but it is left to remind you that # the new secure portmap uses hosts.deny and hosts.allow. In particular # you should know that NFS uses portmap! ALL:ALL Are you sure you don't have something like: telnetd:ALL in hosts.allow? That would cause the problem. Regards, d. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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