Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 22:54:37 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Rici Lake <rlake@oxfam.org.pe> Cc: Jeff Hamilton <hjeffrey@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: portmap in hosts.allow configuration notes. Was Re: /etc/hosts.allow Message-ID: <200003312254.aa61319@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 31 Mar 2000 13:11:06 CDT." <Pine.LNX.4.05.10003311059380.8417-100000@rlake.oxfam.org.pe>
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> The twist option cannot work other than in inetd mode. It causes the > calling process to be replaced (through the execl(3) system call) with an > configured shell process. If the calling process intended to hang around > for a while to answer more requests, it's in for a surprise. The wrapper library has a variable "resident". It looks like can be set to indicate that your are a process like portmap, sshd or sendmail, who doesn't want to be execed out of existance. I guess this should be set in these programs before any wrapper stuff is called - I haven't checked to see if it is, but I'll have a look. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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