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Date:      Sat, 27 Mar 1999 19:58:30 -0600
From:      Michael Maxwell <drwho@xnet.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Location of hosts.* files
Message-ID:  <19990327195830.D17445@drwho.xnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903271955280.5883-100000@mailhub.psn.ie>; from Cillian Sharkey on Sat, Mar 27, 1999 at 08:00:29PM %2B0000
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903271141550.86541-100000@linda.pomona.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903271955280.5883-100000@mailhub.psn.ie>

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On Sat, Mar 27, 1999 at 08:00:29PM +0000, Cillian Sharkey wrote:
> Yes, you can use the tcp_wrappers package which you can get from the
> FreeBSD CD's or the ports collection.
> 
> Once it's installed, the hosts.allow and hosts.deny should be in
> /usr/local/etc
> 
> You'll also have to change your /etc/inetd.conf file, an example is given
> in /usr/local/etc/inetd.conf.wrapped.sample showing how to set it up.

Just curious, but are there any plans on moving the locations of these
files to /etc, which just happens to be where they are located on every
other OS I can think of?

-- 
    Michael Maxwell <drwho @ xnet.com>  |  http://www.xnet.com/~drwho/
       "American Justice: oxymoron.  William J. Clinton: moron."
                                                    --M. Maxwell (1999)


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