Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 11:07:19 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: David Babler <root@Rigel.orionsys.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: hosts.allow for inetd internals? Message-ID: <19047.954320839@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 24 Mar 2000 17:10:05 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003241702570.3123-100000@Rigel.orionsys.com>
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On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 17:10:05 PST, David Babler wrote:
> Quick question... couldn't find an answer in the archives. Is it possible
> to selectively apply host.allow restrictions on processes (specifically
> auth/ident) that are internal to inetd, and if so, what process name
> applies?
Yes.  The difference is that you use the canonical service name (instead
of the daemon name) in /etc/hosts.allow.
> When I changed the inetd.conf entry to run a
> "real" internal identd, the auth/ident requests all got denied and
> logged. do I have to go back to the external daemon in order to be able to
> allow it?
To allow the use of the internal ``auth'' service from anywhere, add
this line:
auth: ALL : ALLOW
Ciao,
Sheldon.
PS: This is covered in the inetd(8) manual page.  I'm not telling you
    off; I just don't want you to think that this is arcane wisdom.
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