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Date:      Wed, 29 Mar 2000 09:41:39 -0800 (PST)
From:      David Babler <root@Rigel.orionsys.com>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: hosts.allow for inetd internals? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003290919050.3123-100000@Rigel.orionsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <19047.954320839@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>

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On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Sheldon Hearn wrote:

> 
> 
> 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.

Thank you, 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.

Doh! So it is... I kept reading the bits about the internal ident server
flags and got to the reference to hosts_access(5) and then expected to
find the details there.

-Dave



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