From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 18 07:56:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA21508 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 18 Oct 1998 07:56:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lonegunman.xfiles.org.uk (lonegunman.xfiles.org.uk [194.200.230.242]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA21498 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 1998 07:56:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from benhutch@lonegunman.xfiles.org.uk) Received: from benhutch by lonegunman.xfiles.org.uk with local (Exim 2.05 #1) id 0zUuE7-0005lt-00; Sun, 18 Oct 1998 15:54:35 +0100 Message-ID: <19981018155435.D20530@xfiles.org.uk> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 15:54:35 +0100 From: Ben Hutchinson To: Shockboi Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: hosts.deny References: <199810181421.HAA12743@dqc.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199810181421.HAA12743@dqc.org>; from Shockboi on Sun, Oct 18, 1998 at 07:21:22AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Check your /etc/inetd.conf for a line such as this: telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/tcpd telnetd This is straight from /usr/local/etc/inetd.conf.wrapped.sample I'll bet what you currently have is this: telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/telnetd telnetd After making the change to /etc/inetd.conf you'll have to send a HUP signal to inetd. The best way to do this is "killall -HUP inetd". - Ben On Sun, Oct 18, 1998 at 07:21:22AM -0700, 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? > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- "You Can't Handle The Truth" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message