Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:53:57 -0800 (PST) From: Stefan Molnar <stefan@csudsu.com> To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de> Cc: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: tcpd not installed on 4.5-PRERELEASE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0112271353190.8617-100000@digital.csudsu.com> In-Reply-To: <20011227194500.GA28491@emma1.emma.line.org>
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That is not a bug. It is there to notify people that it is in the base. Edit the Makefile and remove the FORBIDDEN line, then you are good to go. On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Matthias Andree wrote: > On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote: > > > In message <m3ellg795i.fsf@emma1.emma.line.org>, Matthias Andree writes: > > > Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> writes: > > > > > > > Tcpd is redundant under FreeBSD. FreeBSD's inetd uses libwrap > > > > (TCP/Wrapper library), effectively wrapping as if tcpd was in use. > > > > > > No, it is not redundant. > > > > > > I might have a different super-server than FreeBSD's inetd (tcpserver > > > from DJB's ucspi-tcp!), or I might want to run a service without libwrap > > > for efficiency reasons -- in that case, I'd have to run tcpd explicitly > > > for the other services. > > > > IMO, that's why we have the tcp_wrapper port. > > Won't work: > > bash-2.05a# pwd ; make install clean > /usr/ports/security/tcp_wrapper > ===> tcp_wrappers-7.6_1 is forbidden: tcp_wrappers is in the base system. > ===> Cleaning for tcp_wrappers-7.6_1 > > (I presume the port is not redundant, older systems may rely on that.) > > I'm filing a PR now. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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