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Re: [suse-security] SuSE and tcpd
  • From: Wilko Heyl <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 19:59:48 +0100
  • Message-id: <1645GG-1it4fQC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Hi,
> I have a SuSE (Linux 2.2.16) box and am trying to get tcpd to restrict
> access
> Effectively I want 1 machine to have telnet access
> say x.x.x.x (a 102. style internal domain)
> I have in /etc/inetd.

> telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd

> and in /etc/hosts.allow
> telnet : x.x.x.x
try

in.telnetd : x.x.x.x

> and in /etc/hosts.deny
> telnet : ALL

try

in.telnetd : ALL

Wilko

> Question is:
> why can anyone get on?

> it is as if tcpd is not reading the /etc/hosts.* files

> Thanks in advance.

> Nigel


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