From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Sep 13 10:16: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDCAA14FC7 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:15:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11QZhO-0004oI-00; Mon, 13 Sep 1999 19:15:26 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Eric Jacoboni Cc: "Greg Quinlan" , FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "talk" appears broken! In-reply-to: Your message of "13 Sep 1999 18:59:55 +0200." <87so4i3fxw.fsf@titine.fr.eu.org> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 19:15:26 +0200 Message-ID: <18493.937242926@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 13 Sep 1999 18:59:55 +0200, Eric Jacoboni wrote: > You will have to edit it... the bulk one is not ok for your own box ! > At least, rename it /etc/hosts.allow.orig in order to disable tcp > wrappers... try your services, then write your own /etc/hosts.allow. Oi! You're spreading misinformation here. :-( Removing hosts.allow doesn't disable TCP Wrappers. Rather, for wrapped applications, it causes _all_ wrapped services to be denied. He's quite right to leave his hosts.allow alone for this particular problem -- it's got nothing to do with the hassle he's having. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message