Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 23:29:49 +0100 From: Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: hosts.allow in dmesg [www2.tidenet.com] Message-ID: <3C9E535D.F5A5B3B5@cs.umu.se> References: <20020324170737.L50035-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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Peter Leftwich wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, Paul Everlund wrote: > > Hi! Found this message when doing a dmesg -a: > > -> Mar 19 05:26:37 fw inetd[20463]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 23: > > -> host name/name mismatch: www2.tidenet.com != everlund.homeip.net > > Line 23 in hosts.allow says: > > ALL : ALL : allow > > What does this mean and what triggers the message? > > Thanks in advance! > > Best regards, Paul > > My /etc/hosts.allow file (which I didn't know about until a previous > discussion on this list, and which I just modified) has in it: > > # Start by allowing everything (this prevents the rest of the file > # from working, so remove it when you need protection). > # The rules here work on a "First match wins" basis. > ALL : ALL : allow > > The "First match wins" basis is important because you can put other lines > ahead of the ALL-ALL-allow line... by the way, when I query "host > www2.tidenet.com" on two different nameservers I get host not found. Thanks for your answer! The first match in my hosts.allow is ALL-ALL-allow. And if www2.tidenet.com does not exist, why do I even get this message? Do anyone know what triggers it? Someone here previously wrote that using inetd with -w -W (TCP-wrappers) uses the hosts.allow-file. Do this mean that someone are trying to connect through an inetd active service, and when a host lookup can not be done this message is triggered? Best regards, Paul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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