Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 14:24:41 -0400 From: "Russell DeMeyere" <rdemeyer@os.dhhs.gov> To: <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>, <sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Cc: <freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: misc/13474: Maximum Number of Is Permitted in the .../etc/ Message-ID: <vines.AmH8%2BdhzprA@B11WDC-OV08B.os.dhhs.gov>
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Our line length was over 2048 characters. Have since cut it in half and were able to add many IP numbers with out problems. Thank you very much for your help. ------------- Original Text From: "Sheldon Hearn" <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, on 8/31/1999 5:05 AM: SUBJECT too long. Original SUBJECT is Re: misc/13474: Maximum Number of IPs Permitted in the .../etc/hosts.allow file ---------------------- Original Message Follows ---------------------- On Tue, 31 Aug 1999 09:54:37 +0100, dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie wrote: > I think the tcp wrappers code may have a maximum line length, and rejects > connections if the max line lenght is exceded, to be on the paranoid side. Yep, it's 2048 chars. But If this were the case, I'd expect the error message "missing newline or line too long" to be showing up in syslog messages. My money's on tcpd or linkage. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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